The Case for Singing During Davening
Jewish music is put to words of prayer and hope
The Captives
Against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, life on a Louisiana plantation, and Cherokee clan rivalries, the characters struggle with their own family dramas and dilemmas
Soundtrack of Our Childhood: Marvelous Middos Machine
The backstories of those favorite albums that still frame our memories
Half Note: Episode 17
“Shira,” Ephraim cut in. “I literally just woke up. I need to go daven and then go to class. I don’t have a brain for this now.” He didn’t sound apologetic
Fault Lines
What was causing the ominous rumbling in her marriage?
Living Higher: Issue 931
It was a poignant move, for the aron kodesh’s story is the story of the yeshivah’s talmidim
Eye on the Ball
Yosef Gershon is integrating his spiritual goals with his tennis ambitions
The Problem with Yael
Everyone knew this had been all she had ever wanted and now she was harboring a secret, her first, and she hated it
Divine Inheritance
The girls don’t seem to take to the ideas that I recount so passionately. There are shuffles and whispers and the occasional giggle
Guest of Honor
Each of us welcomes special guests — the Ushpizin who enter our succah every night — but what is it like to host a living gadol?
The Girl That Was: Chapter 14
When would it finally be my turn? When would I be able to finally have a home of my own?
