Commentary

Moshe Koppel Reviews Chaim Saiman's Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law.

Zev Eleff explains what Zionism has to do with Sukkot, at least in America.

Shmuel Winiarz contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Jordan D. Soffer offers an impassioned response to Hillel David Rapp on day school tuition.

At the Orthodox Union in 1997, Rabbi Sacks first developed the theme that there are 2 Torot: Torat Kohanim and Torat Nevi'im. Nathan Diament shares from that talk, interwoven with personal reflections on Rabbi Sacks' optimism and his insightful use of Jewish jokes.

Shaul Robinson contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Is true forgiveness possible? Michael Kurin explores the doubts raised by prominent twentieth century philosophers and considers how Jewish tradition offers a radically different conception of repentance and forgiveness, one that enables people to alter their reality vis-à-vis God and one another.

William Plevan argues that by introducing the concepts of myth and second naiveté to Jewish theology, Neil Gillman captured the spirit of the burgeoning postmodern moment.

R. Yitzchak Blau analyzes the 2018 book, Was Yosef on the Spectrum?

Lawrence Kaplan defends his translation of Halakhic Man and calls for more efforts to make Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's writings accessible to English readers.