Wednesday, May 01, 2019

The Best Medicine

Malke Borow dreamed of being a doctor, became a lawyer, and then combined her passions in her current position, in which she assists, supports, and defends thousands of Israeli do ...

Calligraphy

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

RSVP

It’s a look that makes her quail inside, though she’s used to it, though she’s stood her own before and will do it again.

Feature Article

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Travel Companion

Three months after they married, Naomi Rivkah Most’s husband was diagnosed with cancer. For the next 11 years, the couple drew on their joy, hope, and emunah

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Map the Starlight: Afterword

Why do maps fascinate me? Partly because I love fault lines. The border between doubt and certainty. The place between choice, faith, passivity, and acceptance

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Map the Starlight: Chapter 60

Jocef continued. “This is the definition of a book, Ramon. Something that takes you on a journey. This is what must be saved from the flames

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Map the Starlight: Chapter 59

Jocef. Jocef is kneeling down before her, and she does not know what to say, the words are almost gone, but there is no time

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Map the Starlight: Chapter 58

I never gave you that letter. I regret this now. It was selfish, wrong. But take a moment to understand the foolishness of an old man

Feature Article

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Memories and Meaning

Artist Ellen Filreis collaborated with her daughter, teacher Ayelet Ribakow, to create a Jewish “I Spy” book that’s more than a reading experience

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Map the Starlight: Chapter 57

“No!” she cries out. “One who is born a Jew remains a Jew. We were simply returning to him what he had lost”

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Map the Starlight: Chapter 56

“You and your father have been accused of Judaizing a good Christian citizen. A man who came from France to innocently seek your advice”

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Map the Starlight: Chapter 55

“There are times when an… an illness comes over me.” He forces himself to say the word. Illness. It is not the devil