Spring Issue!
Amazing articles by Allegra Goodman, Matti Friedman, Yehuda Kurtzer, and many more.
- Shai Secunda
- Julie Sugar
- Allegra Goodman
- Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
- Benjamin Weiner
- David Wolpe
- Allan Arkush
- Jehuda Reinharz
- Motti Golani
- Matti Friedman
- Leon Botstein
- Yehuda Kurtzer
- Abigail Green
- Maxim Biller
- Thaïs Miller
The Romance and Rage of Rashbi
In the technical halakhic sense, Lag BaOmer is not really a festival, and it is not attested to in any of the classical sources. So how did the Hilula de-Rashbi, as the Meron Lag BaOmer celebration is called, become such a large, and largely Hasidic, pilgrimage—and rave?
In Pursuit of Wholeness: The Book of Ruth in Modern Literature
While not the most dramatic of all the biblical stories, the quietly moving book of Ruth, which we read on Shavuot, continues to resonate in Western literature.
The Last Word
I had attended many Yiddish classes before, but not one in which I was the only Jew in the room.
- From Like a Pharaoh
- by Thaïs Miller
- Issue Spring 2024
As American as Augie March
Once again, Maya Arad marries the metafictional play of Nabokov with the moral warmth of Jane Austen.
The Last Word
I had attended many Yiddish classes before, but not one in which I was the only Jew in the room.
- From Like a Pharaoh
- by Thaïs Miller
- Issue Spring 2024
Past Issues
Issue No. 56
Winter 2024
Issue No. 55
Fall 2023
Issue No. 54
Summer 2023
Issue No. 53