Montefiore and the Politics of Emancipation
More than a shtadlan.
Moses Mendelssohn Street
Immortality in Jerusalem.
No Jewish Narnias: A Reply
Michael Weingrad responds to readers of his essay on the dearth of Jewish fantasy literature.
Old-New Sabbath
Does everyone need a Sabbath? Judith Shulevitz thinks so.
Posthumous Prophecy
Milton Steinberg's unpublished novel about Hosea was forgotten for a long time. For good reason.
Rashi and the Crusader: A Legend
Did the great biblical and talmudic commentator meet Godfrey of Bouilon? A fascinating excerpt from Gedaliah ibn Yahya's Shalshelet ha-Kabbalah.
Swept Up
A new documentary displays the process of conversion to Judaism.
The Christian Road to Jerusalem
Looking back on the clash of civilizations.
The Kibbutz and the State
How the position of the kibbutz in Israeli society has changed, and why.
The Poet from Vilna
Avrom Sutzkever and Max Weinreich, a memoir.