Captives of Longing
BY ADELAIDE RUBENSTEIN In one night, I became a “captive of longing” for my homeland. I walked the streets of Princeton on the night of Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025,…
Political Lessons from Tanakh
BY OZZIE HOLLANDER George Washington once observed, “To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.” Frederick Douglass similarly argued that “We have to…
Undoing Reality Through Language
BY SARA LIM “If thought corrupts language, languagecan also corrupt thought.” George Orwell, Politics and the English Language In the beginning, God spoke the universe into existence, establishing a…
Why Hebrew Matters
BY BENNY MARMOR – מאת בני מארמער זאת המהדורה הראשונה של כתב העת סולומון שתכלול מאמר בעברית. קידמנו את היוזמה הזאת מתוך אמונה רבה בחשיבותה של השפה העברית לעם היהודי…
Little Bird – ציפורה קטנה
BY RITA SETTON – מאת רבקה סתהון Let your wings fly freeFly, flyAway, little bird,You, who has never knownThe cold of a cage, justThe warmth of a nest andThe love…
The Hero Tree – עץ הגיבור
BY HANNAH KATZ – מאת חנה אריאל כ”ץ There is a tree that stands alone atop a mountain.A heroic tree, yet a weak one.Once, the tree had many leaves,But on…
Proclaim Liberty: A Jewish Vision for America at 250
BY YAEL GRINSTEIN As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, American Jewry stands at a crossroads. This Semiquincentennial is more than a national milestone; it…
Judaism Begins with Motherhood
BY KATE LIFSCHITZ Rabbi Meir Soloveichik’s 2005 essay “The Jewish Mother: A Theology” offers a dignified and deeply moving vision of Jewish identity, one that challenged how I thought about…
An Interview with Dr. Erica Brown
BY MORIAH SCHRANZ Today more than ever before, we need strong examples of leadership in the Jewish community. Dr. Erica Brown, Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University…
Zionism Is Not Just Politics
BY ADIEL RAMIREZ In January 2024, Americans witnessed a series of highly publicized congressional hearings featuring testimony from the presidents of MIT, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania on the…