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Vashti: Feminist or Foe?

Tzvi Sinensky

Mar 8, 2019 • 1 min read

Another Purim piece, this time placing the midrashic and feminist readings of Vashti's character alongside one another.

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Aligning Our Will With God’s Will: On the Meaning of Bat Mitzvah

Over the last few months, Moriah and I have enjoyed many mature and thoughtful conversations about what it really means to be a Bat Mitzvah. But instead of rehashing another one of my shpielen, I thought I’d take a different tack and inquire as to the meaning of Bat

Tzvi Sinensky Jan 17, 2022 • 5 min read

The Jewish Hercules and Superman

With “Superman and Lois,” the newest TV series involving the character, premiering recently on the CW network, it’s a good time to recall that Superman was the 1938 brainchild of Jewish creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Many have suggested that the pair were inspired by their own Jewish

Tzvi Sinensky Mar 7, 2021 • 5 min read

Vashti Comes to America

Originally published in Esther in America, pps. 105-115. Vashti, Ahasuerus’ first queen, is among the most enigmatic characters in the Book of Esther. While the king revels with his subjects for some six months, he commands Vashti to appear before him “to display her beauty to the peoples and the

Tzvi Sinensky Feb 18, 2021 • 14 min read

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