Lonely man in space.

“I represent the state of Israel and the Jewish people.”

Making a different barren landscape bloom.

Jews in space!

The seeds are part of a project titled “space hummus,” which aims to test hydroponic techniques for plant growth in zero gravity.

A Bar Kokhba coin.

Ilan Ramon and the book of Enoch.

Despite the predictions of biologists and astronomers, aliens haven’t turned up.

“If the probe had merely succeeded in reaching its correct altitude after launch, dayeinu.”

How Joseph B. Soloveitchik foresaw the loneliness epidemic.

The Sabbath is universal, but the holidays speak to Jewish particularity.

The religious impulse behind space exploration.