Poem | Ellipsis, Genesis
“In the beginning,” there was beauty and bounty…exile and fury. To reread Genesis in our era of intractable wars and mass displacements is to recognize...
The Vanishing Antisemitism Taboo
Many years ago, as a young reporter, I had the arresting experience of watching in real time as a random group of people spontaneously enforced the American taboo against antisemitism.
Living a Deeply Creative Life with Peter Himmelman and Nadine Epstein
Peter Himmelman and Nadine Epstein discuss music, art and writing; how creativity is at the core of everything we do; creativity as a path to faith and the influence Judaism has had on that path.
Poetry | Undergrowth, by Sara Camhaji
In Sara Camhaji’s poems, the speaker’s worldview encompasses the plants’ power and authority over human ways.
Book Review | The Young, the Rich and the Guilty
“They were the shining realization of the Jewish American dream, people who could load their plates with all that this country had to offer.”
Visual Moment | The Little Boat that Could: Resistance and Rescue in Denmark
“The Jewish refugees now had a possible path of escape, if only they could get across the water.”
Lochs and Bagels: A Trip to Jewish Scotland
“Their melodic accents and deep sense of Yiddishkeit didn’t surprise me. Their strong allegiance to Scotland and the seamless marriage of their two cultures did. But kosher kilts? Tartan kippahs? You bet!”
No, Chappell Roan Is Not Jewish
Is Chappell Roan Jewish?
Lately, it seems like everyone is talking about Chappell Roan. The singer, whose real name is Kayleigh Amstutz, has recently shot to...
Poem | PRISONER Z
“Prisoner Z” conjures a dystopian world that exists today in countries we can name.
Book Review | Is Motherhood Bigger Than Reality?
What is it about motherhood, especially early motherhood, that has been propelling novelists lately toward the surreal and the supernatural?
Treva Silverman, Joke Whisperer
Treva Silverman, who wrote for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and other hits, is adored and admired by fellow comedy writers and actors alike.
Nightingale of Iran with Danielle and Galeet Dardashti and Jennifer Bardi
Danielle and Galeet Dardashti, born and raised in the United States, knew very little about the lives of their father Farid and grandfather Younes in Iran when both were singing sensations and beloved by Iran’s Muslim community in the 1950s and 1960s.