Atlas Schlepped
Ayn Rand imagined that her romantic prose soared, but it barely schlepped along.
Desire and Power: Adam and Eve in Genesis 1–3
What did Eve really want and what did Adam need?
Letters, Fall 2024
Statement on Anti-Israelism and Academic Jewish Studies; Invisible Truth; Union Seders; and Notes on Camp
Like a Surgeon with a Scalpel, an Archaeologist with a Spade
David Weiss Halivni once rescued a scrap from a page of the Shulchan Arukh from the sandwich paper of a Nazi guard. His whole life turned out to be about rescuing texts.
Lion of Judah
Twenty years ago, Matisyahu rocked the musical world with hit reggae songs that sometimes broke into Hasidic niggunim. He’s still rocking but it's not the same.
October 7: The Return of History
If we knew anything at all about Jewish—and even recent Israeli—history, why were we so surprised on October 7?
October 7: Trials of Zion, Memories of Diaspora
The instinctive return to diaspora history reflects the profound trauma of October 7, but what does it miss and what does it get right?
Of Torahs and Children
The deep reason we dance with both Torahs and children on Simchat Torah.
Religious Liberty on Royce Quad
A UCLA student went for a walk through the quad when he was stopped at a barricade. If he had been willing to denounce Israel, he would have been able to pass. . . . The other First Amendment issue on campus.
The Jewess Mystique
An early feminist novel about a North African Jewish damsel in (Jewish) distress.