Reading Esther in This Time of War

DAVID ARNOW is the author of “Creating Lively Passover Seders” and co-editor of “My People’s Passover Haggadah.” His most recent book is “Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism.”

Israel: Stories from the West Bank

With photographs by Mati Milstein, words from Sameeha Hureini and Aliza Schwartz, art by Francine Perlman, fiction by Daniel Spector, and poetry by Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet.

The Social Values Underlying Smol Emuni

In the US, we often think about human rights in a “liberal” framework that focuses on individual rights and a separation of church and state. As Smol Eumni has taken shape, it finds itself more animated by collective concerns like equality and the needs of the poor, speaking in religious language perhaps analogous to the […]