Decentralization and Centralization: A COVID Tale of the Modern Orthodox Community
As the Covid-19 pandemic looks like it might be subsiding, Ezra Schwartz, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, incisively examines competing trends toward decentralization of synagogue life and centralization of halakhic decision-making that are reshaping the Modern Orthodox world.
Headlines: A Common Sense Haredi Approach
Shlomo Zuckier reviews Headlines, the most famous Jewish Podcast you've never heard of.
A Controversial Halakhic Case Against the State of Israel
Shmuel Silberman reviews Yirmiyahu Cohen's anti-Zionist book "I will Await Him."
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Academic Talmud Study
Rami Reiner breaks new ground, analyzing Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein's view of academic Jewish studies.
Vaccines, Hysteria, and Rabbinic Responsibility: A Plea from the Trenches
Jeremy Brown comments on the history and necessity of vaccination in the Jewish community.
Incensed by Coronavirus: Prayer and Ketoret in Times of Epidemic
Dr. Eddie Reichman, an ER doctor on the front lines of fighting Coronavirus, and an expert in the history of halakhah and medicine, shares a unique perspective on history of combatting plagues in the Jewish tradition.
The Culture of Learning in Women’s Torah Study
Yael Jaffe
As you walk into the room, you hear voices arguing back and forth. You can’t make out the sound of any particular conversation...
Inside Joke: The Spiritual Genius of Rav Menachem Froman
Josh Rosenfeld delves into the world of Rabbi Menachem Froman.
Why I believe in Women and Their Batei Midrash
Shayna Goldberg acknowledges the challenges facing women's Talmud study but it's still worth the fight.
In Memory of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm: Some Personal Reflections ...
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter of Yeshiva University and The Jewish Center shares divrei hesped for his rabbinic predecessor and role model, Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm zz"l.
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