Commentary

Reading R. Eliezer b. Hyrcanus and Shammai through an autistic lens, Liz Shayne explores how uncompromising, righteous anger can find a place in the beit midrash.

Shira Hecht-Koller and Aaron Koller explore the worship of the Kohen Gadol through the voice of Ishay Ribo.

Last year at this time, when the pandemic brought tremendous upheaval to Jewish communal institutions the mikveh remained open for use. In this expansive piece, Mijal Bitton and Elana Stein Hain examine the communal response to mikveh during COVID-19, explore the experiences of women who chose to use--or not use--the mikveh during this time, and offer constructive recommendations for the future.

Rafi Eis offers suggestions to solve the day school tuition crisis.

The new book Reclaiming Dignity is taking the Anglo Jewish world by storm. Why? Emmanuel Bloch, who wrote his dissertation on the subject of tzeniut, argues that the work capitalizes on and extends a new, revolutionary halakhic and conceptual framework for tzeniut that has emerged only in recent years - one that offers a lens to the “soul of contemporary Jewish Orthodoxy.”

David Stein comments on the state of Modern Orthodox education.

Jeffrey Fox examines whether watching football is problematic from a Torah point of view.

James Wolfe outlines the vision for a new website meant to democratize day school information.

Tzvi Sinensky explores the Biblical origins of Tu be-Av.

Shmuel Silberman reviews Yirmiyahu Cohen's anti-Zionist book "I will Await Him."