The Fox and the Chair
Ayelet Wenger offers a creative, intertextual reading of the story of Rabbi Akiva and the Wolf on the Temple Mount.
The Tabernacle as a Response to the Failure in the Garden of Eden
Michael Kurin analyzes the building and existence of the Mishkan as a form of spiritual redemption for the mistakes which took place in the Garden of Eden.
Letters to the Editor: A Response to David Polsky’s “Reading Tragedy in Gittin and...
R.A. Alpert argues that the differences between Hamas and the Zealots outweigh the similarities.
Yeshiva University President Rabbi Ari Berman’s Opening Shiur
YU President Ari Berman's opening address, comparing YU to a Sukkah! Shlomo Zuckier captures this historic moment in his notes.
A Tribute to Yaakov Elman
Mahnaz Moazami's reflection commemorating the passing of Yaakov Elman, ob"m.
Megillat Esther as Second Temple Literature
In this essay, Michael Kurin analyzes the book of Esther in the context of the Second Temple and the diaspora.
With Pain and With Might: Reserve Duty on the Northern Front
Gilad Goldberg describes the bewildering experience of reporting for emergency reserve duty on October 7.
Wine Not? The missing holiday whose time has come
Aton M. Holzer
The fifteenth of Av – among the most minor of minor festivals on the Jewish calendar – is marked in the diaspora...
How Zionism Saved the Etrog in America
Zev Eleff explains what Zionism has to do with Sukkot, at least in America.
The Miracles of the Rabbis
In a lyrical meditation on his wife's suffering, Mel Waldman reflects on the compassion of the rabbis who brought divinity into their lives
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