Authors Posts by Yosef Lindell
Yosef Lindell
Yosef Lindell is a lawyer, writer, and lecturer living in Silver Spring, MD, with his wife and two sons. He has an MA in Jewish history from Yeshiva University and a JD from NYU Law. His writing spans several genres, from science fiction to Jewish scholarship. In addition to writing for the Lehrhaus, he’s been published by the Atlantic, the Jewish Review of Books, Tablet, JTA, the Forward, Modern Judaism, Hakirah, Jewish Action, and other venues. He is a member of Lehrhaus’ consulting editorial board, and before that, he was an editor at Lehrhaus for more than four years, which included a period as its managing editor. Check out more of his writing at yoseflindell.wordpress.com.
The Loneliest Communal Prayer
As the tumultuous events of 2020 continue into the heady days of summer, the Lehrhaus is looking back, with short reflections on the moments we have been thinking about. Our first reflection is from new Lehrhaus editor Yosef Lindell, thinking about his lonely return to communal prayer.
Think Passover Guides are Getting Stricter? Think Again
Yosef Lindell offers a brief history of Pesah guides.
Yes, We Needed Another Modern Orthodox Prayer Book: A Review of the RCA Siddur
Yosef Lindell
Introduction and History of the RCA Siddur
If anyone had asked me a year ago whether the Modern Orthodox community in the United States...
The Life and Death of Moses’ Staff
Yosef Lindell tracks the Staff of Moses throughout its amazing "life".
Revealed yet Concealed: the Meaning of Aseret Ha-Dibrot
Yosef Lindell explores the true nature of the Aseret ha-Dibrot.
A Call For a New Modern Orthodox Humash
A call for a new Modern Orthodox Humash, and a history of the current ones, by Yosef Lindell.
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