Three Plays, The Tragedy of Huna Son of the Exilarch in Babylonia Vayikreh Mikreh - Ruth the Moabitess Tzafun - The seder night, 1997

Greek culture, and subsequently throughout European
literature, playwriting birthed the genre of tragedy.
But is there a place for a similar literary form within
traditional Jewish culture, centered as it is on faith in a
single Creator?
"A King who causes death, restores life, and brings
forth salvation," recites a Jew three times daily in
prayer. At the heart of this prayer lies a core truth:
while failure, tragedy, and death inevitably accompany
human existence and Jewish history, it is precisel...