LEHRHAUS LATEST

Before Whom They Stood

Menachem Butler responds to Michael Bernstein's article about the propriety of placing flags in shul sanctuaries.

Translation as Interpretation in the Thought of R. Shagar: Speaking with Levinas, Lacan, and...

One of the central concerns of the work of Rav Shagar is translation, in both its literal and figurative versions. Michael Blank explores Rav Shagar's use and conception of translation by examining the way he puts the writings of Rebbe Nachman, Jacque Lacan, and Emmanuel Levinas in conversation.

Masoret Ha-Giyyur: A Defense of a Broader Tradition of Psak in Conversion

Avi Baumol reviews Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's bold contribution to the halakhic literature on conversion standards.

TIMELY THOUGHTS

The Sotah Ritual and Its Implications for Abortion

Noah Gradofsky explores sources about a pregnant Sotah and their relevance for Jewish abortion ethics.
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SCHOLARSHIP

Before Whom They Stood

Menachem Butler responds to Michael Bernstein's article about the propriety of placing flags in shul sanctuaries.

COMMENTARY

Before Whom They Stood

Menachem Butler responds to Michael Bernstein's article about the propriety of placing flags in shul sanctuaries.

Translation as Interpretation in the Thought of R. Shagar: Speaking with...

One of the central concerns of the work of Rav Shagar is translation, in both its literal and figurative versions. Michael Blank explores Rav Shagar's use and conception of translation by examining the way he puts the writings of Rebbe Nachman, Jacque Lacan, and Emmanuel Levinas in conversation.

CULTURE

Successfully Unsuccessful: The Paradox of Modern Orthodoxy

Jonah Rocheeld reflects on the state of Modern Orthodoxy and the ways Modern Orthodoxy has removed emotionality from religious practice in pursuit of rationality.