guest post by Shaul Magid, Dartmouth College Purim is an amalgam of things, each distinct, together forming a tapestry that the rabbinic imagination weaves together
Marcia Freedman passed away peacefully on September 21, 2021. Her many accomplishments include serving as the first and only American born woman and only out
You do not have to wait for the next Texas-level emergency or next year’s High Holidays to support abortion access. Here’s what you can do
On September 1st, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upheld Texas’s near-total abortion ban, restricting access after 6 weeks of pregnancy. A number of states have
On Friday, July 30, President Biden announced his nomination of Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University professor and Holocaust historian, for the position of US Special
Ethan Schwartz is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Villanova University. The story of Korah (Numbers 16), who gives his name to this week’s parsha,
The bad news is, we’re still in a pandemic (wear your mask and get your shots, please). The good news is that because COVID remains
Last weekend, the weather was beautifully spring-like in Chicago, and so naturally I decided to spend about five hours of it indoors, marathoning documentaries about
This poem originally appeared in the University of Portland Magazine. The mask feels at home on my face Like a worn key in a
Erin Graff Zivin is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature, Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature, and Director of the Graduate Certificate program in