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Milton Steinberg's unpublished novel about Hosea was forgotten for a long time.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.
The Rothschilds of the East
The Splendor of the Camondos and the pity of it all.
The Weaver
An-sky's photographs.
Underground Man: The Curious Case of Mark Zborowski and the Writing of a Modern Jewish Classic
Life is with People is perhaps the most well-known work of shtetl nostalgia. But how should it be read in light of its author's bloody career as one of Stalin's best spies?