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Essay 7 Surprises in the English Translation of the Torah Earlier this week, Aviya Kushner wrote about the “smashing, positively dashing spectacle” of modern theater performed in Hebrew. She is the author of The Grammar… Aviya Kushner September 10, 2015
Essay ‘My Fair Lady’ in Hebrew? Aviya Kushner is the author of The Grammar of God, a memoir of her Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible. She will be blogging here all week for the Jewish… Aviya Kushner September 8, 2015
Essay The Power of the Aleph Rachel Cantor is the author of the novel A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World (Melville House). In addition to… Rachel Cantor January 13, 2014
Nonfiction Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine Nina S. Spiegel