The Feminist Case for Home Economics
There was a time when many day schools featured home ec classes, but those days are behind us. Lindsey Bodner makes the case for reintroducing an updated version of this course in our curricula.
Ve-Atah Banim Shiru La-Melekh – People Over Angels on Shavuot
What can a medieval piyut (and famous modern chassidic tune) teach us about people's superiority over angels? Yitzchak Szyf explores how our Shavuot liturgy proclaims man's partnership with God in Torah.
Beginning the day with Halakhah or with Spirituality?
Yaakov Jaffe examines how the order of our morning Tefillot can shape the way we approach our day.
Halakhah: Navigating Between Unity and Plurality
Aaron Segal reviews Staying Human by Harris Bor.
Challenges of the American Rabbinate from the First Rabbi in the Americas: In Honor...
Oran Zweiter
Rabbi Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, the first ordained rabbi to travel to the Americas, arrived in Recife, Brazil in 1642. The writings of...
The Vanishing Non-Observant Orthodox Jew
Zev Eleff on an endangered species, the so-called Non-Observant Orthodox Jew.
Jung Earth Creationism: Two New York Rabbis Respond to the Scopes Trial
No two Orthodox rabbis think exactly the same way, particularly on the matter of Darwinism in the wake of the Scopes Trial.
Capra Dei, or Had Gadya: Isaiah 53 and Jewish Redemption
Aton Holzer offers a novel interpretation of Isaiah 53 based on current events in Israel.
To Ensure Excellence in Jewish Education, Invest in Jewish Day Schools: A Response to...
Jordan D. Soffer offers an impassioned response to Hillel David Rapp on day school tuition.
The Directional Shaking of the Lulav: Bible, Mysticism, and Religious Polemics
Yaakov Jaffe traces the origins and evolution of the custom to shake the lulav in different directions.
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