The Science Behind Shabbat

The Science Behind Shabbat

Hodaya Harary |

BY HODAYA HARARY “And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy—because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that God had done” (Genesis 2:3).

Captives of Longing

Captives of Longing

Adelaide Rubenstein |

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

Political Lessons from Tanakh

Ozzie Hollander |

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

Undoing Reality Through Language

Sara Lim |

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

Why Hebrew Matters

Benny Marmor |

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

Little Bird – ציפורה קטנה

Rita Setton |

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

The Hero Tree – עץ הגיבור

Hannah Katz |

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…

Judaism Begins with Motherhood

Judaism Begins with Motherhood

Kate Lifschitz |

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…