Members of the Scribe Ethan Schwartz What can an insulted, ancient Israelite soldier teach us about the Bible?
Vocabulary Lesson Daniel B. Schwartz How bad is antisemitism? According to the protestations of a new book, maybe not too bad at all.
Updike and the Jews Jesse Tisch John Updike's stories about Henry Bech were a chutzpadik, shape-shifting experiment in Jewish mimicry. But what did they reveal about their creator?
The Last Word Verses flowed through his mind as easily as a boat on a waveless river. Why fight with an antisemite when you could rhyme him into shame? From My Father’s Seders by Roya Hakakian Issue Spring 2026