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Mystery, Love Story, Historical Drama: Review of ‘The Anatomy of Exile’ by Zeeva Bukai
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (358+ words) The only trace of it was in the blood-soaked ground," Bukai concludes, and in the memory of all those who once lived there." Jonathan Kirsch, an author and publishing attorney, is book editor for the Jewish Journal. Maxim D. Shrayer's new…...
On Yom Kippur in Madrid, I Saw Europe’s Hypocrisy on Full Display
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (782+ words) On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, I arrived in Madrid with my wife and baby daughter. It was my first time in Spain. We were jet-lagged, but we pushed a stroller for nearly 13,000 steps through the…...
Pilgrims and the Parsha
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (623+ words) When the English Puritan William Bradford fled from religious persecution at the hand of King James I aboard the Mayflower and landed, with his fellow Pilgrims, on the shores of New England in 1620, he reflected on his experience in a…...
A Snapshot of Love and Herby Fish Brochettes
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (948+ words) The sepia engagement portrait of my beloved Nana Aziza and Aba Naji is legendary. He sits leaning in to her, looking off into the distance, dashingly handsome in his well-tailored suit and tie. She gazes into the camera, looking like…...