Writing prayers for future generations.

Finding God in the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

Beware the wandering thingamajig.

As seen on Jeopardy!

Beauty, brevity, and uncanny vulnerability.

“How long, O Lord, shall I forgotten be?”

One of few extant fragments of the Orit.

Distinguishing between ancient hardcovers and the cheap paperbacks.

Prayers on the death of a father.

“This is the day that the Lord made; we shall exult and rejoice in it.”

How Yamma made Psalm 104 a runaway hit.

After Adam.

But the exiles still had reason to weep.

At a refreshingly Christian memorial service, a secular Jew has some mixed feelings.