A Purim-themed poem from the first rabbi of the New World.
The origins of an ancient custom.
Only that he might have.
For anti-Semites, he could now become the new avatar of Jewish settler colonialism.
A recording and transcript of our subscriber-only conversation between two leading rabbis about two of the animating spirits of the Jewish world.
What happens when an Ashkenazi rabbi leads a Sephardi synagogue during the Days of Awe? A profound encounter with new moods in Jewish life.
A world-famous cantor, unusual anti-Semitism, and much else.
The incredible story of Antonio de Montezinos.
Not translations, but appropriations.
An expedition to the Jodensavanne.
A Sephardi culinary love affair.
And the Dutch-Portuguese ex-converts who founded it.
Brought by Jews from Spain to Italy.
Two poets and their argument over the sacred language.