Jeremiah, Ben-Gurion, and Hillel Halkin
In one of David Ben-Gurion’s last addresses on the Bible, an essay entitled “The Monarchy and the Prophethood” delivered in October, 1968, the old, former prime minister meditated on Yehuda…
Method to Our Madness: A Response to Hillel Halkin
Hillel Halkin is the reason I moved to Israel. I read his Letters to an American Jewish Friend at sixteen, and my life trajectory was changed forever—mine and that of…
Responses to Halkin
Hillel Halkin's article about the future of Israel and Zionism has sparked a tremendous debate. We have curated some of the most interesting and engaging responses.
Fleishman Is a Series
Fleishman's real problem is not an acrimonious divorce, but an uninspired adaptation.
Hanukkah’s Confounding Miracle
How Hanukkah became a holiday of many miracles and none.
As the Story Goes: Hanukkah Spears, Cheese, and Goblins
Where did all the Hanukkah stories go?
Jacob in the Bosom of Abraham
When Abraham met Jacob.
EUGENE NADELMAN: A Tale of the 1980s in Verse
"Our tale's debut / Takes place in 1982 / When I, for one, if not exactly / A double of our leading guy / Was like him, bookish, awkward, shy." - Coming of age in iambic tetrameter.
Now a Museum, the Synagogue was Meticulously Restored . . .
The synagogue is a mikdash me’at, a little sanctuary or temple. But what really makes a shul holy and how should they be remembered?
Secret Chord
When the Yom Kippur War started, Leonard Cohen left the Greek island of Hydra and headed for Tel Aviv. He was coming in solidarity but he was also looking for a way to sing again.