Judging God: Rereading Job for the First Time
“And can you then impute a sinful deed/To babes who on their mothers’ bosoms bleed?” —Voltaire, “Poem on the Lisbon Disaster” (1755) “God is a concept/By...
“And can you then impute a sinful deed/To babes who on their mothers’ bosoms bleed?” —Voltaire, “Poem on the Lisbon Disaster” (1755) “God is a concept/By...
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If Nunavut, the semi-autonomous Canadian territory that is home to roughly 28,000 indigenous Inuit people, were an independent country, it would have the highest suicide rate...
The narrator of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Fleishman is in Trouble (2019) first reveals herself, briefly, thirteen pages into the novel. Our protagonist Toby Fleishman—newly-divorced in New York...
Wishbone The wishbone would be left to dry on a paper towel by the sink. Visual examination was permitted, but it was agreed one’s back should...
In Make it Scream, Make it Burn, Leslie Jamison returns to the essay form that first brought her to literary fame. Buy the book After graduating...
Manhwa is the Korean version of manga. Thus manhwa is an umbrella term for Korean comics, although sometimes it’s used specifically for printed comics. This is...
Introducing children to Rosh Hashanah books is a great way to help them along the journey of being menschen (Hebrew/Yiddish for good people). Rosh Hashanah is...
To travel is to live, so said Hans Christian Andersen. I love to travel, to see new places and cultures, and to meet new people. I...
Jesus Christ is one of the all-time most influential figures in religion, literature, and history. I understand why some Christians might consider any attempt to write...