American Orthodoxy

Zev Eleff and Ari Lamm cap off the Lehrhaus Symposium on the OU statement.

Joshua Leifer’s new book illustrates the collapse of several paradigms that long sustained American Jewish life. In his review, Steven Gotlib notes that Leifer’s search for a viable, non-separatist, traditional Judaism overlooks several existing models of Jewish life and practice.

Responding to Moshe Kurtz, Olivia Friedman argues that forging deep connections between Torah and popular culture can be an uplifting and sanctified experience.

Chaim Trachtman contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Yitzchak Blau and Michael Broyde respond to recent articles that have driven conversation.

In this essay, Edelman and Steinberg argue for a literature curriculum that integrates Jewish thought.

Margueya Poupko explains how lessons from literature can bring us closer to Torah truths.

Zev Eleff offers a rejoinder and some reflections on "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"

Steven Gotlib review Miri Freud-Kandel’s new book on the relevance of Louis Jacobs to contemporary Orthodox theology.

Rivka Kahan weighs in on the impact of the Rav's 1977 Stern College Talmud lecture and how the Modern Orthodox community can move forward.