ESSAY
The Origins of Hanukka
By RABBI SHERWIN T. WINE
A story of human power.

PODCAST
Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle in Conversation
Harvey Pekar discusses Studs Terkel, and his own secular Jewish identity, with cultural historian Paul Buhle.

ESSAY
Female Prophets in the Bible
By RACHEL ELIOR
Rabbinic tradition and changing perspectives.

ESSAY
Song of Songs: A Secular Masterpiece
By YAAKOV MALKIN
The Bible’s secular love poetry.

FILM
Roots Lost and Found
By OLGA GERSHENSON
Russian-Jewish cultural identity on the silver screen.

HISTORY
Moses Mendelssohn: Father of the Haskalah 
By NORMAN MASSEY
A freethinking Jewish revolutionary.

NON-FICTION
Sarna's Haiku for Young Jews
By JESSE TISCH
A review of Jonathan Sarna’s A Time to Every Purpose.

ESSAY
The New Order of the Ages
By BARRY KOSMIN
Exploring the modern origins of secularism.

SCIENCE
Does Science Matter?
By JESSE TISCH
Secular values and the battle over science education.

HISTORY
Spinoza: The Marrano of Reason
By YIRMIYAHU YOVEL
A scholar decodes the heresy of Spinoza.

ESSAY
The Fall Holidays
By JUDITH SEID
A secular Jewish rabbi briefly explains the holiday season.

HISTORY
Baruch Spinoza: The Last Medieval Heretic or the First Secular Jew?
By DAVID BIALE
The heresy of Baruch Spinoza.

ESSAY
Jews and Native Americans
By RACHEL RUBINSTEIN
Reflections on Insider/Outsider Jewish Identity.

FOOD
Gefilte Fish or White Piano?
By ANNA SHTERNSHIS
Perceptions of the shtetl in Jewish life.

HISTORY
The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture
By DAVID FISHMAN
Chaim Zhitlovsky—one man’s contribution to Yiddish culture.

SPORTS
Jews and Sports
By REBECCA ALPERT
A surprising way to explore secular Judaism.

INTERVIEW
Channeling Spinoza
By JESSE TISCH
Q&A with Rebecca Goldstein, author of Betraying Spinoza.

ESSAY
The Jewish Century
By YURI SLEZKINE
Nineteenth-century Jews championed secularism and enlightenment.

ESSAY
An Intellectual History of Secularism
By GREGORY KAPLAN
A scholar’s notes.