Excerpt from Birkat HaBayit: A Woman Is a Bird When by Jen Karetnick
The following poem was the winner of the 2020 Tiferet Writing Contest in poetry. It appears in our Autumn/Winter issue. Click here to purchase this issue in digital format, read this poem and the rest of...
Poems about the Pandemic Preface by Adele Kenny
The Autumn/Winter 2020 issue of Tiferet is now available. The issue features a special section of poems about the Pandemic. Below is the preface that was written by Adele Kenny, Tiferet's Poetry Editor. Click here...
Excerpt from Nelly by Jeremy Schnotala
The following short story appears in our Spring/Summer 2019 issue. Purchase this issue in digital format to read the rest of Jeremy’s story plus the other poems, stories, essays and interviews that were featured...
Excerpt from Boulevard Saint-Laurent by Julia Y. Knobloch
The following poem appears in our Fall/Winter 2018 issue. The entire single issue is available for purchase in digital format. At the mountain’s foot live lost Canadians, Jews and Portuguese,
they share distant horizons. Blue and white tiles hibernate...
Tif on Faith by Phyllis Barber
The following Tif on Faith was featured in our Fall/Winter 2019 issue. While a "tiff" is defined as a "petty argument", a "Tif" is anything but petty--it is a short exploration of a deeply meaningful...
Excerpt from The Spiritual Aspect of Memoir by Camilla Sanderson
The following essay appears in our Spring/Summer 2019 issue. Purchase this issue in print or digital format to read the rest of Camilla’s story plus the other poems, stories, essays and interviews that were...
Excerpt from Questions by Jude Rittenhouse
The following poem appears in our Fall/Winter 2019 issue. Purchase this single issue in print or digital format. 1 Who are we? Really?
Are we more like trees, fulfilling dreams
of acorns and seeds, or are we sea’s
children: forever transforming from mist
to...
Excerpt from Six Ways of Looking upon Buddha Nature by Beth Walker
The following poem appears in our upcoming Fall/Winter 2020 issue. Subscribe today to read the rest of Beth’s poem and the entire issue. 1.
Buddha probably knew
but forgot to mention
someone has to pay the...
Excerpt from Sacred by Lisa López Smith
The following poem appears in our Spring/Summer 2020 which we’ve decided to share not just with our paying subscribers but with our full community free of charge during these astonishing times. If anyone wishes...
Excerpt from Living Kaddish by Sarah Niebuhr Rubin
The following short story appears in our Spring/Summer 2020 which we’ve decided to share not just with our paying subscribers but with our full community free of charge during these astonishing times. If anyone...