September: A Story of Six Septembers
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September 11 from 1981 to 2031
America has been learning and forgetting the lessons of 2001 for decades. It’s now in the midst of forgetting them again. Will the same result follow?
The Mystery Tucked Inside a Powerful High Holy Day Prayer
Apart from Kol Nidrei, no High Holy Day prayer is better known than Un’taneh Tokef. But there’s a puzzle at its heart.
Yeshayahu Leibowitz Wears a Kippah: A Story of 1967
The philosopher in black turtleneck, black trousers, black shoes, and black yarmulke pacing the stage with a microphone skinning the Jews alive.
The Crackpot Ideas of Yiddish Fiction's Most Improbable Scenarios Become Real
S. Ansky’s radical yeshiva boys used to seem unreal. But observing today’s political scene has taught me to understand them.
