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Book review of For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy through the Arts...

In his review of Jessica Roda's For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy through the Arts in the Digital Age, Ben Rothke considers the ways Orthodox women have dealt with halachic obstacles a claim a space for themselves as performers using new and social media.

God in the Cave

Avi Killip explores the narrative of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai through a work of poetry.

A Twice Told Tale: Uncovering the Intertextuality of Historical Aggadot

How can repeated tropes in rabbinic aggada help us to understand the rabbis' values--and how they related to Tanakh? Moshe Isaacson explores a variety of examples, suggesting that the question has only begun to be examined.

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A Twice Told Tale: Uncovering the Intertextuality of Historical Aggadot

How can repeated tropes in rabbinic aggada help us to understand the rabbis' values--and how they related to Tanakh? Moshe Isaacson explores a variety of examples, suggesting that the question has only begun to be examined.

COMMENTARY

Book review of For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy...

In his review of Jessica Roda's For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy through the Arts in the Digital Age, Ben Rothke considers the ways Orthodox women have dealt with halachic obstacles a claim a space for themselves as performers using new and social media.

Reclaiming Shepherd Leadership — For Our Leaders, For Ourselves

Drawing upon the teachings of the Piaseczner Rebbe, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and others, Yiscah Smith proposes a model for reimagining contemporary Jewish leadership on both the communal and personal levels.

CULTURE

I See Angels

Eric Suben considers various Jewish and non-Jewish representations of angels and their significance in his life.