Commentary

Zev Eleff and Ari Lamm cap off the Lehrhaus Symposium on the OU statement.

Alan Jotkowitz reviews Rav Lichtenstein’s Values in Halakha.

Ilan Fuchs reviews Naomi Seidman’s book Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement.

Responding to Moshe Kurtz, Olivia Friedman argues that forging deep connections between Torah and popular culture can be an uplifting and sanctified experience.

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.

Pressed for time, people often skip reciting the korbanot section of the morning prayers. With the High Holidays approaching, Judah Kerbel makes the case that the korbanot are far more central and halakhically significant to our prayers than we often realize.

Merri Ukraincik contemplates G-d's role in our lives.

Chaim Trachtman contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Chaim Twerski contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

As 2021 comes to a close, the Lehrhaus team is delighted to highlight many of the thought-provoking essays we’ve published this year, with a diverse array of incredible thinkers and writers.