Foundry

Anna Wrobel (she/her), daughter of postwar refugees, is an American historian, teacher, poet and Holocaust Studies educator whose poems and essays appear in journals including Lilith and Jewish Currents.

(My) Four Children

Zach Luck is a father of four children. He lives in Ohio. This is the first poem he has published.

Freedom of Movement in the Desert

Ethan Aronson (he/him) is the Campaign Director of Never Again Action, a Jewish-led mobilization against the persecution, detention, and deportation of immigrants in the United States.

An Afro-Jewish Reflection on Freedom

Lewis R. Gordon is Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at UCONN-Storrs, where he also has an appointment in Judaic Studies and Global Affairs.

Torah is All About Freedom

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld (he/him) is the editor of the best selling Jewish Catalog, author of The Jewish Holidays, and co-author with Rabbi Joy Levitt of A Night of Questions: A Passover Haggadah.

The Halakhah of Oppressive Speech

Laynie Soloman (they/them) serves as the Associate Rosh Yeshiva at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, where they co-founded the Trans Halakha Project.