Mitzvah Merchants and their Made-in-America Toys
Zev Eleff examines some of the toys peddled around by mitzvah merchants and other fascinating features of Ultra-Orthodox culture.
Sarah Schenirer and Innovative Change: The Myths and Facts
Did elite rabbinic figures jumpstart Bais Yaakov, or was it a grassroots women's movement? Leslie Ginsparg Klein explains.
Why the Courts Got the Get-Torturer Case Right: Religious Liberty as Mutual Accommodation
Yishai Schwartz responds to Michael (Avi) Helfand on the matter of American law, religious liberties and get-torture.
Decentralizing Religious Authority
Rachel Levmore asks whether Internet feuds are the proper way to adjudicate halakhic matters.
A Failed Attempt to Challenge the Halakhic Prenup
Jeremy Stern dissects the recent and supposed Israeli ban against the BDA prenup.
Rabbi Norman Lamm’s Theology of Anti-Racism
Shmuel Lamm examines Rabbi Norman Lamm's sermons for insights on a crucial issue.
Would the Rav Approve of the Soloveitchik Siddur?
The Vanishing Non-Observant Orthodox Jew? A Reply to Zev Eleff
Matt Williams wants to know what exactly a "non-observant Orthodox Jew" is before deciding whether or not it's vanishing.
Big-Tent Orthodoxy and the Return of the NOOJ
Elli Fischer argues that news of the non-observant Orthodox Jews' demise has been premature.
Not Your Parents’ “Nonobservance:” A Rejoinder
Zev Eleff offers a rejoinder to his critics regarding the Non-Observant Orthodox Jew.
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