Rabbi Warns Jews on Education: Advises Blend of Secular Study
In December 1932, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik had just arrived in Boston and outlined his vision for Orthodox Jewish education in the United States.
The Arrival of Rabbi Soloveitchik in America: A Documentary Report
Yisrael Kashkin and Jeffrey Saks provide a timeline for the Rav's American arrival.
Chosenness and Bias in the Jewish Community
Alan Kadish offers a vision for how Orthodox Jews should think about "chosenness."
Hamilton and the Orthodox Underdog
Alex Fleksher explores the intersection between Hamilton and the ba'al teshuvah experience.
Retiring My Modern Orthodox DeLorean
Zev Eleff offers a rejoinder and some reflections on "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"
Countering Counter-History: Re-Considering Rav Aharon’s Road Not Taken
Tovah Lichtenstein responds to and critiques Zev Eleff's counter-history, "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"
Adult Education: A New Frontier in the Jewish Day School Movement?
Tzvi Sinensky argues for importance of adult education, and asks what role day schools and other communal institutions might play in promoting it.
What if Rav Aharon had Stayed? A Counter-History of Postwar Orthodox Judaism in the...
In his first and last foray in this field, Zev Eleff tries his hand at some Modern Orthodox counter-history.
The State of the Conversation
Zev Eleff and Ari Lamm cap off the Lehrhaus Symposium on the OU statement.
Wanted: Precision, Nuance, and Avodat Hashem
Jeffrey Woolf contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.