Tanakh

Joshua Shapiro explains how close readers of the Biblical text can find a unifying theory for reason behind the ten plagues.

Eliav Grossman contextualizes the femininity emerging from some of Proverbs' best known passages

Zvi Grumet suggests that when read in sequence, the kinot of R. Elazar Ha-Kalir—often seen as the ones most difficult to understand—offer a powerful theological narrative from despair to hope.

In a chapter adapted from his new book, Be, Become, Bless: Jewish Spirituality between East and West, Yaakov Nagen suggests based on the Zohar that the world endures when we see Godliness in another person's face.

Aton Holzer offers a novel interpretation of Isaiah 53 based on current events in Israel.

Miriam Gedwiser explores the raven's role in parashat Noah

A poem on parshat Korach by Zohar Atkins

Abraham’s participation in the war of the four kings against the five fits uncomfortably in the broader narrative of his life. Rabbi Mark Glass argues that this Abrahamic episode articulates a core Torah perspective on military might.

AJ Berkovitz explores the "life" of Jewish books, from authors to owners to outside the margins.

Mark Glass explores the implications of a little-known interpretation in which Lot's wife never turned to salt.