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Halakhic Egalitarianism and the Future of Orthodoxy
Last year, Rabbis Ethan Tucker and Micha'el Rosenberg released an updated edition of their influential 2017 work, Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law. In this review, Steven Gotlib outlines the book's core halakhic arguments and assesses its reception by contemporary Jewish thinkers. He concludes with a consideration of the relationship between halakhic egalitarian practice and mainstream Orthodox Judaism, including potential paths that this relationship may take in the future.
Beyond the Shadow of Replacement: The Resilience of Jewish Identity and Covenant
Antisemitic thought has taken on various forms in different cultural contexts across history. Avraham Russell Shalev proposes that a common ideological thread links multiple of these forms--among them Christian replacement theology, the Islamic concept of tahrif, and the Khazar hypothesis. The Jewish people's renewed commitment to its covenant with God, as exemplified by the establishment of the State of Israel, serves as a powerful counterpoint to these ideologies of supersessionis.
Yiddengeist and Arguments for the Sake of Heaven
Ian Gonsher explores the spiritual nature of argument in Judaism.
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Halakhic Egalitarianism and the Future of Orthodoxy
Last year, Rabbis Ethan Tucker and Micha'el Rosenberg released an updated edition of their influential 2017 work, Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law. In this review, Steven Gotlib outlines the book's core halakhic arguments and assesses its reception by contemporary Jewish thinkers. He concludes with a consideration of the relationship between halakhic egalitarian practice and mainstream Orthodox Judaism, including potential paths that this relationship may take in the future.
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Beyond the Shadow of Replacement: The Resilience of Jewish Identity and...
Antisemitic thought has taken on various forms in different cultural contexts across history. Avraham Russell Shalev proposes that a common ideological thread links multiple of these forms--among them Christian replacement theology, the Islamic concept of tahrif, and the Khazar hypothesis. The Jewish people's renewed commitment to its covenant with God, as exemplified by the establishment of the State of Israel, serves as a powerful counterpoint to these ideologies of supersessionis.
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Halakhic Egalitarianism and the Future of Orthodoxy
Last year, Rabbis Ethan Tucker and Micha'el Rosenberg released an updated edition of their influential 2017 work, Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law. In this review, Steven Gotlib outlines the book's core halakhic arguments and assesses its reception by contemporary Jewish thinkers. He concludes with a consideration of the relationship between halakhic egalitarian practice and mainstream Orthodox Judaism, including potential paths that this relationship may take in the future.
Beyond the Shadow of Replacement: The Resilience of Jewish Identity and...
Antisemitic thought has taken on various forms in different cultural contexts across history. Avraham Russell Shalev proposes that a common ideological thread links multiple of these forms--among them Christian replacement theology, the Islamic concept of tahrif, and the Khazar hypothesis. The Jewish people's renewed commitment to its covenant with God, as exemplified by the establishment of the State of Israel, serves as a powerful counterpoint to these ideologies of supersessionis.
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Some Things I Saw
In this collection of poems, Ben Notis closely examines the effects of war, where violence and tenderness exist uneasily side by side.
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