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The Hebrew Midwives of Exodus—and Jewish History
The midwives in this week's Torah reading set the precedent for centuries of Jewish women.
Wayward Children?
What is Rav Soloveitchik's legacy? Well, it depends on which of his students you ask.
The Vanished Province: Remembering Bukovina
An old envelope opened the memory of a lost Jewish world.
Expanding the Palace of Torah
Two new books explore the pain of self-acceptance.
Two Years of War
How can we make sense after two years of war?
Rereading Daniel in Apocalyptic Times
Rereading Daniel in apocalyptic times–and relinquishing the illusion of control.
The Nuclear Option: Lise Meitner, Erwin Schrödinger, and the Science of Exile
As her former colleague Erwin Schrödinger cynically pledged his loyalty to Nazism in Austria, Lise Meitner plotted her escape from Hitler’s Berlin.
A Cavalier Adaptation
Michael Chabon's novel was groundbreaking. But the new opera of Kavalier & Clay didn't exactly break a leg.
New Wave, Old Land
What did a Frenchman with an American name tell us about Israel?
You Want I Should Watch?
A high-concept Netflix cartoon depicts the new American Judaism—which, of course, means it's obsessed with the old kind.