Hollywood Balagan
Hollywood's founding is a tale of shutfus, broiges, and mother's chicken soup.
Reverent Unknowing
A deeply personal memoir of theological hide-and-seek.
Story Evades Cogitation: An Interview with Cynthia Ozick
"I can’t and won’t reread: What’s done is done. Print is writing’s final fate."
The Return of Ruth
Stuart Halpern on the many returns of Ruth.
Australian Elections: Jews on the Precipice
Australia's Jewish citizens are facing unprecedented fear and uncertainty in the lead up to their national elections.
Delmore’s Gift
If Delmore Schwartz's recognition had been doled out in more moderate increments, perhaps it wouldn't have so completely undone him.
Bewitched and Between
In the talmudic era, many Jewish legal documents were standardized. Even magic bowls inscribed with methods to divorce a demon.
Chariot and Saucer
David Halperin spent an academic lifetime studying mystical visionaries from Ezekiel to the Sabbatians. But first came the UFO truthers.
Strange Air Above the Ladder
In Yehoshua November's latest collection, the mundanity of cleaning out a fridge sits comfortably alongside glimpses of the divine.
Manea’s Shadows
Norman Manea's Judaism turned out to be the hinge to his career, if not the whole door.