Mima'amakim--From The Depth

Creative Writing on Jewish Religious Experience

Mima`amakim is a newly formed journal that is currently collecting religious creative materials in all literary form. The journal employs essays, literature, and art as media for fostering original thought about Judaism.

Mima`amakim does not define "Jewish religious experiences," but it instead invites its readers and writers to interpret "Jewish religious experience" for themselves. Mima`amakim also serves as an arena where individuals can publish their writing on their religious Jewish experience and read other persons' work without exposure to profanities and sexually explicit materials.

This journal acts as a lens through which the Orthodox Jewish community can examine its religious and social aspirations. In addition to purely creative material, the journal includes essays and literature that examine religious experiences, social institutions of modern Jews, and religious creativity itself.

The deadline for submissions is March 15. For submissions, more information, and questions please contact Chaim Strauchler at cstrauch@ymail.yu.edu.