Jewish Literature

From the Jewish Provinces: Selected Stories

Helene Cohen Bludman

Fradl Shtok (1890-1990) was a Yiddish writer from Ukraine who has languished in obscurity. With this splendid collection of 23 of her stories (Northwestern University Press), she may now rightly be recognized as among the best Yiddish writers of her day.

Arts and Culture

How to Write Your Jewish Memoir

Bruce Black

Perhaps you have a Jewish story that you’d like to tell and share with your family or temple community? If so, here are a few suggestions to help you find a way to get your story on paper.

Torah Study

Feminism, Female Protagonists, and Finding Ourselves in Biblical Narratives

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

May 18, 2020

To honor the uncounted women in the Book of Numbers and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S. this year, Rabbi Carole Balin, Ph.D., has crafted an “alternative Book of Numbers” for her weekly Torah commentaries for Ten Minutes of Torah.

Jewish Values

Israeli Poems to Get Us Through Times of Fear and Isolation

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

March 24, 2020

I’ve highlighted some poets and poems that speak to me for the moment we are in, but I encourage you, too, to poke around on your own from among Israeli writers and find what resonates with you.

Jewish Books and Literature

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