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This text is a personal reflection on the experience of grief and loss. The author describes living with a metaphorical "fog" that surrounds them after the l...

In 1840, amid a theological dispute within Protestantism regarding the relationship between the Old and New Testaments and Judaism and Christianity, Chief Ra...

The highly anticipated third season of the Israeli TV show "Shtisel" has finally arrived on Netflix, bringing with it a new set of challenges and trials for ...

The article discusses two commonly asked questions during the Passover Seder about the customs of dipping a finger into the wine and reciting a shortened ver...

The article discusses a short novel by Sholem Aleichem called Moshkeleh Ganev, which was largely forgotten despite being published in 1903 and serialized in ...

Hasdai Crescas, a 15th-century Jewish philosopher and chief rabbi of Aragon, composed a sermon that explored the nature of faith and its relation to miracles...

"The Beginning of Politics" by Leon R. Kass is a book that approaches the biblical book of Exodus as an integrated whole, challenging the prevalent view of i...

"Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal" by Marion Kaplan explores the experiences of Jewish refugees in Portugal during World War II. Despit...

The article discusses a recently discovered short story by the Polish Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, titled "Undula." The story, published in 1922 under a pseud...

In "From Venice to Harlem," Daniel B. Schwartz explores the history and evolving meaning of the word "ghetto" in Jewish and popular culture. He traces the or...

"The Lost Shtetl" by Max Gross is a quick-witted novel that tells the story of Kreskol, a Jewish village in Poland that has been isolated from the outside wo...

The book "Between Literalism and Liberalism" edited by Michael Marmur and David Ellenson explores the complexities of American Jewish thought in the 20th cen...

In Micah Goodman's book, "The Wondering Jew," he argues for a middle path between strict adherence to tradition and complete abandonment of Jewish values. He...

"Life in Learning" is a book that explores the world of Orthodox Jewish yeshivas and the significance of Torah study in Jewish life. The author, Jonathan Boy...

Cynthia Ozick's novel, "Antiquities," explores the themes of history, memory, and the value of objects, ideas, and experiences. The story is narrated by Lloy...

"The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century" by Adam Kirsch explores the significance of books in Jewish culture....

"Sharansky's Exodus" is a memoir written by Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy, in which Sharansky recounts his personal journey from a Soviet refusenik to a leadi...

The first letter discusses the debunking of claims regarding the Zionism of the Vilna Gaon and his followers, while also mentioning early proponents of Zioni...

Esther in America, edited by Stuart W. Halpern, is an anthology that explores the wide-ranging influence of the story of Esther in American history and cultu...

This article discusses the commonly held belief that Jews were able to largely avoid the bubonic plague during the Black Death due to their cultural practice...

Nicole Krauss's new collection of stories, "To Be a Man," explores themes of identity, longing, and the complicated relationship between past and present. In...

In this text, the author reflects on their father's unpublished work on Uriel Birnbaum, a Jewish poet, painter, and thinker from Vienna who was overlooked in...

The author discusses Alexander Kaye's avoidance of using the term "halakhic state" when describing premodern Jewish regimes, only employing it to refer to pr...

In response to a review of his book, "The Invention of Jewish Theocracy," Alexander Kaye clarifies his argument that the idea of a halakhic state in Israel i...

The brivnshteler, or letter-writing manual, was a popular self-help book in Jewish communities in the early 20th century. These books provided Yiddish speake...

"When Heidi Met Shimen" is a book by Moshe Koppel that expands upon his blog, "Judaism Without Apologies," where he juxtaposes the lives and ideals of two Je...

The book "Objective Muddles and Persuasive Testimony" explores the relationship between analytic philosophy and Judaism. It argues that analytic philosophy's...

In "Miami Vices" by David Hopen, the novel follows 17-year-old Ari Eden as he navigates the world of a Modern Orthodox Jewish high school in Zion Hills, Flor...

"The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace" by Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf is a book that challenge...

"The King of Warsaw" by Szczepan Twardoch is a crime novel set in interwar Poland that explores the underworld of Jewish gangsters in Warsaw. The protagonist...

Adam Sutcliffe's book, "What Are Jews For?", explores the question of the Jewish purpose throughout history. Sutcliffe discusses various explanations of the ...

In her memoir "At Home in America," Esther Safran Foer embarks on a journey to uncover her family's history, including her Holocaust-survivor father and her ...

In recent decades, a mythological counterhistory has emerged among contemporary religious Zionists in Israel, claiming that the true seeds of Zionism can be ...

"Emancipation Terminable and Interminable" by David Sorkin explores the history of Jewish emancipation from the 16th to the 20th century. The author challeng...

In this article, the author discusses the history of blood libel accusations against Jews and its connection to current conspiracy theories, such as the QAno...

This text discusses various topics in Jewish culture and scholarship. In the first section, there is a disagreement over the Jewish Review of Books publishin...

Winter Vigil is a memoir written by Steve Kogan that was published posthumously by his widow, Carol Rusoff. Kogan's manuscript received numerous rejections b...

"The Tunnel" by A.B. Yehoshua tells the story of Zvi Luria, a retired engineer in his seventies who is diagnosed with incipient dementia. As he grapples with...

In "A Moral Voice", Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks argues for the importance of the common good in a world dominated by individualism and identity politics. He em...

Honey on the Page is a new anthology of Yiddish children's literature edited and translated by Miriam Udel. It features lesser-known Yiddish stories and poem...

The article discusses Roald Dahl, a beloved children's author, and exposes his history of antisemitism, misogyny, and racism. Despite these revelations, his ...

David Fincher's film, Mank, explores the disputed authorship of the iconic movie Citizen Kane and tells the story of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz. Mankiewi...

In "A Sharp Word," Brian J. Horowitz examines the political development of Vladimir Jabotinsky, a prominent Zionist leader, during his Russian years from 190...

Yemima Mizrachi, an influential religious teacher and speaker in Israel, explores the themes of joy, love, and desire in the context of Yom Kippur in her boo...

The article discusses the author's experience arranging a speaking tour for Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever in Canada in 1959. It highlights Sutzkever's life,...

In 1934, Senator William E. Borah accused Professor Horace M. Kallen of quoting a fake George Washington saying in support of internationalism. Kallen, an ar...

This article discusses various retellings and interpretations of the biblical story of Jonah. It starts with a 1896 news story about a sailor who survived be...

"Our Lady in Tehran" is a compelling Israeli TV series set in Tehran, following the story of Tamar Rabinyan, an Israeli hacker and spy posing as an Iranian f...

Amos Oz's memoir, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was able to re-endeared him to readers around the world, despite its uneven literary texture and lack of struc...

The Coen Brothers, acclaimed filmmakers, are often seen as exploring various genres in their movies, but a closer look reveals that they are actually express...