The Golem of Montreal
The famous golem of Prague was invented by a forger, faith healer, amulet salesman–and the most enterprising kosher chicken slaughterhouse supervisor of Montreal.
Chaim Grade: Portrait of the Artist as a Bareheaded Rosh Yeshiva
Grade attempted to perform the impossible: to undo in literature what had occurred in history and revive the dead of Jewish Vilna.
Frenemies, A Love Story
A new look at the most unlikely alliance that brought the Jewish State into being.
From King James to Koren
The new Koren Tanakh smoothly addresses some thorny questions of biblical translation, including this one: Are there dolphins in the Torah?
I Am My Own Lady Messiah
"As you know, I have no white horse, and, as you also know, the subway is on strike." Unpublished letters and fiction from a brilliant Yiddish author.
Insiders and Outsiders
The Jewish sect that rejected cholent.
It Was Like This: Excerpts from an Academic Memoir
Scenes from Anita Shapira’s gripping memoir.
Letters, Fall 2022
Day School and State; An Apocryphal Footnote; Confirmed as Drowned, and more
Missing Notes
There was a time when Jewish artists set the tone for North African music, but now only echoes remain.
No Balm
A new book on talmudic medicine illustrates the ills of modern academia, argues Shai Secunda.