The Pickle
The Religious Authorities We Deserve
In choosing service, humility and compassion over deference to power and wealth, Pope Francis offers a model of what Jewish communities should expect from their institutions.
Yankl and the Beanstalk review
The saucy Jewish panto completes its March run
"An act of deeply structural state violence"
An interview with Hineinu activist Raviv Rose.
Reeves's unrelenting austerity
Labour's welfare cuts will be catastrophic for millions.
Machloket (Live) review
The next iteration of the story-sharing project, an immersive performance, raises how productive disagreements could undercut the damaging consequences of perceived, and actual, Jewish homogeneity.
Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion
This was the point all along.
To party until we cannot discern good from evil
A Purim drash
Poetic justice is just the start
We must make Masafer Yatta's victory a reality.
In Czechia, dissenting diasporism forges new paths
A declaration of independence from the "voice of Israel in Europe."
Join Vashti for a Purim Jamboree!
Celebrate Purim with your favourite Vashti writers and editors.
The first thing we say is Alhamdulillah
With Trump in the White House, Palestinians in Masafer Yatta resist a fresh wave of ethnic cleansing.
‘There is going to be a big, big redrawing of the map…where it ends up is anybody’s guess.’
Vashti speaks to Moshé Machover about the latest geopolitical manoeuvres encircling Palestine.
A new קינד on the podcast block
The Cockney Yiddish Podcast explores the evolution of the diasporic language and the symbiosis necessary to its survival thus far and to its revival, today.