Articles and blogs
From Pri Etz Hadar to Etrog In my article for the Vatichtov women's Torah writing fellowship, I'm exploring the relationship between the Written Torah and the Oral Torah (the tradition handed down ...
"Jewish tradition goes out of its way—way out of its way—to emphasize Ruth’s less-than-stellar family background. It is therefore surprising that Boaz and Ruth the Moabite convert would merit to be...
I wrote an article for Hazon: The Jewish Lab for Sustainability reflecting on the Shmitta year, a year of rest for the land that happens every seven years on the Jewish calendar. [Read here.]
On Lost Arts Thoughts for Parashat Vayakhel (the weekly Torah portion) "The Torah’s insistence that we pay close attention to such details runs counter to Judaism’s aniconic bent, our anxiety about...
54 Essential Books in Jewish Studies Here's my take on essential reading in Jewish studies. I go into nerdy detail about how I made the selections at the top. I'd love your feedback (including kvet...