Authors Posts by Sruli Fruchter
Sruli Fruchter
Sruli Fruchter is a rabbinical student at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and the director of operations at 18Forty (https://18forty.org), a Jewish media company exploring Jewish thought in a modern age. Sruli was the 100th editor in chief of The Commentator at Yeshiva University, where he studied International & Global Affairs.
Rivkah’s Existentialism: Wholeness and Brokenness
This past Shabbat, Rivkah took center stage, making a dramatic decision that altered the course of her descendants’ histories. Sruli Fruchter examines the angst that preceded Rivkah’s fateful actions.
Avraham and Sodom: To Pray Against God
Avraham’s challenge to God’s planned destruction of Sodom raises the fundamental ethical problem of collective punishment. The resolution of this challenge, Sruli Fruchter explains, enables Avraham to realize God’s highest ideals and to confront the conflict between compassion for oppressors and consideration for their victims.
Noah and the Trauma of Heroic Destiny
Sruli Fruchter examines the story not often told about Noah—the trauma inflicted by immense responsibility amidst immense destruction.
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