Rediscovering Rebecca Gratz Jeremy D. Popkin Rebecca Gratz was more than a great Jewish philanthropist with a legendary backstory. She was also a worried older sister, as newly discovered letters reveal.
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?
Breaching the Walls of History Dan Rabinowitz Why was it so important to a prominent haredi rabbi to tie himself up in speculative knots just to deny a library checkout list?
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