Tanakh

The biblical figure of Esther is often interpreted by traditional and modern commentators as a heroine of active leadership. Naama Sadan offers a novel perspective, according to which Esther confronts national crisis in female-coded ways, triumphing and saving her people through internally-focused activism.

Jack Bieler continues the conversation about the need for and feasibility of a Modern Orthodox humash.

Ari Lamm on The Boss and The Bible

In this second-place prize-winning essay for Hadar’s annual Ateret Zvi contest, Nehemia Polen approaches a vexing episode in the Torah through new lens: what if Moses and Aaron were denied entry to the Land of Israel not because of what they did when obtaining water from the rock but because of where they escaped to right before?

Shlomo Zuckier seeks and uncovers rabbinic-Biblical intertextuality.

In many siddurim, Six Remembrances from biblical Jewish history are printed following the morning service. They do not appear chronologically, nor in their order of appearance in the Torah. This article suggests that their arrangement forms an arc emphasizing the importance of Jewish education.as a bridge to the future.

Sam Glauber examines Abraham's place in his society.

Jeffrey Burghauser's three poems draw on the biblical and rabbinic imagination.

The poetry of the Mishkan: Abe Mezrich mines Parshat Terumah for its poetic potential.

Aryeh Klapper recreating a patriarchal voice.