The Yarid

The YARID explores the future of Jewish thought and culture through curating and publishing collegiate voices. The word “yarid” means market or gathering; it is where trading, haggling, arguing, innovating, and exchanging ideas take place. A forum for serious intellectual and imaginative inquiry, The YARID collects a wide range of perspectives from Harvard and other universities. Representing college students in the ongoing effort to form, question, and engage with the Jewish tradition in a changing world, The YARID believes that surprising discoveries come from placing differing viewpoints in close proximity. The YARID believes the pieces it publishes have something important, interesting, or meaningful to contribute to Jewish thought and conversation; it does not endorse the arguments presented in the pieces it publishes. In deciding whether to publish a submission, we consider its degree of thoughtfulness, creativity, interest, veracity, capacity to spark conversation, and quality of argument. For more detailed editoral guidance, please see our internal documents.