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In her essay Women & Power: A Manifesto, classicist Mary Beard prompts us to think about power in ways that are…

A series of eleven lithographs by Picasso might not seem themost likely of “texts” upon which to meditate in the weeks…

Jewish educators are, by nature, responsive and reactive. They are required to deliberately infuse Jewish content in…

Space informs practice within it. It affects how we spiritually engage, how we socialize, how we conduct our…

Creating sacred space refers to deliberately defining, giving express purpose to, and sanctifying space through…

Tisha B’Av: The peak of a reversed Avelut process Tisha B’Av is the Jewish people’s national day of mourning. It is the…

An ark, of scarlet Round, not square Two or three segments within Like the seal of a ring, fitted, fair Before the time…

On a cold and brisk morning in March, over a decade ago, I ran my first half marathon. I had always been athletic, but…

Summary: The Ruined House is a novel set in New York City in the early twenty-first century, centered on Andrew Cohen,…

When life becomes disorienting, I look for frameworks that feel familiar to serve as an anchor as the ground beneath me…