Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser is the Editor-in-chief of Zeek magazine, available at www.jewcy.com/zeek and also at www.zeek.net .She is the co-editor of Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice (www.righteousindignation.info) and the mom of Zoe.

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Poem: Lost

Fenno tells me how he got lost in his own village on a visit back…

A Midrash on the Month of Av

In the month of Av falls Tisha b’Av, the ninth of Av, when Jews commemorate…

How Do We Remember?

How do we approach Tisha B’Av? We Jews in the Diaspora are thriving. Day schools…

Fiction: Your Lights Are On

Alongside established writers, Zeek takes special pleasure in featuring up-and-coming Israeli talents whose work has…

What’s a Good Liberal to do with Brüno?

Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film, Brüno, has gotten a wary and reserved response from reviewers,…

Borges and the Jews-Part V

In this, the final section of Ilan Stavans’ monograph on Borges and the Jews, Stavans…

Fiction: Naftali

Naftali Simon never showed his face to the woman he loved even a minute longer…

Borges and the Jews-Part IV

In Part I of this series, author Ilan Stavans explored Borges’ self-identification as a Jew.…