Literature; Writing

We all are writers. At birth we are given a fresh blank piece of paper and the mandate to write on it whatever we wish.

Six months ago I had a late-stage miscarriage, and gave birth to a baby that had passed away in the fifth month. I got out of the hospital, and began to write...

I gave birth about eight weeks ago and this is the first time since then that I've had the opportunity to sit down unencumbered and type my soul into this ever-patient and forgiving box of wires...

The second level emerges when Torah becomes not just an acquisition of knowledge and a subject-object encounter—an “I” facing “it”—but a personal meeting place, an “I” facing “you,” or better yet, a “we” relationship . . .

A personal account of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s attitude towards feminism.

How can you just pretendand lie to yourselfwhen the truth iseverything you thinkis not trueit's fantasyit's fictionit's fakeand when you knowyou're about to break

The student is frustrated. She has been going in circles for forty-five minutes trying to figure out one line. And the tutor, she is at a loss. Part of her knows that feeding a student her thesis is not what she is there for, but is also not to the advant...