Grow­ing up, Ayelet Tsabari grap­pled with Mizrahi stereo­types — and found inspi­ra­tion in Ofra Haza, Israel’s icon­ic, Yem­i­ni singer.

It’s no won­der that Jews, as a dias­poric group, have such rich intel­lec­tu­al tra­di­tions: sto­ries are portable and, dare I say, immortal.

Mak­ing songs and poems about Torah.

On Com­mu­nist Yid­dish children’s books in the Sovi­et Union and Unit­ed States.

Revis­it­ing Louisa May Alcot­t’s clas­sic 150 years afters its release, and its minor (and mild­ly offen­sive) Jew­ish characters.