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Zvi Grumet

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Zvi Grumet earned his Rabbinic ordination and Ed.D. at Yeshiva University. He is Director of Education at The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education and he taught for many years at Machon Pardes and Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi. His books include Moses and the Path to Leadership (Urim, 2014) and Genesis: From Creation to Covenant (Maggid, 2017), and he is Senior Editor of the Koren Young Adult Humash - Lev Ladaat (Koren). His upcoming commentary on Exodus will be published by Maggid.

Ha-Kalir’s Kinot – Poetry and Theological Narrative

Zvi Grumet suggests that when read in sequence, the kinot of R. Elazar Ha-Kalir—often seen as the ones most difficult to understand—offer a powerful theological narrative from despair to hope.

Philosophy and Exegesis: Which Leads? A Review of Aaron Koller’s Unbinding Isaac

Zvi Grumet reviews Aaron Koller’s new book on the Akedah and evaluates his surprisingly novel approach to this formative biblical story.
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Drawing The right Conclusions: A Defense of a Recent Orthodox Survey

Zvi Grumet responds to Matt Williams, defending his data and the social media tools used to obtain it.