Vol. 2, Issue 20

““Their goal, then, as now, was like Jews everywhere, following the instructions of the prophet Jeremiah,” Leffler has explained, “‘To seek the peace of the city.’ And I think they did that.””

From Elisabeth Becker’s essay “New and Beautiful Places.”

Illegal Mickey | Visual Art

by TNSF | Aug 14, 2019 | Visual Art, Vol. 2, Issue 20

Illegal Mickey This is a metaphor for all those people who have come to the United States in an irregular way and who through time have contributed greatly to the development of the nation. Hector Ledesma’s art is influenced by western culture fused with...

Intruders | Fiction

by TNSF | Aug 14, 2019 | Stories, Vol. 2, Issue 20

She felt the draft as soon as her husband opened the front door. Hot air whirred through the ducts, the ticking sound they’d worried about even louder than usual, over-matched by a cold blast that continued even with the door closed. The foyer felt almost as frigid as...

New and Beautiful Places: Finding Jewish Community in the South | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Aug 14, 2019 | Nonfiction, Vol. 2, Issue 20

When I moved to Charlottesville a year after the deadly Unite the Right Rally, I was entirely uncertain about if, and how, my multicultural family could belong there. My husband (a Muslim Berliner), my child, and I (a Jewish New Yorker) were relocating from New Haven,...