Commentary

The Haredi community in Israel and its institutions have resisted army service and other forms of societal integration since the founding of the State. As the controversy over drafting Haredi citizens continues to feature in headlines, Nathaniel Helfgot revisits a well-known but underexplored episode in early Israeli history: the meeting and correspondence between Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, known as the Hazon Ish.

The CDC and FDA have recently endorsed booster shots for the Covid vaccine. But there are those who argue that those doses should be allocated to third world countries instead. Sharon Galper Grossman and Shamai Grossman weigh in about what Halakhah has to say about the issue.

Alan Jotkowitz looks at the current situation in Israel through the lens of modern interpretations of the Akeidah.

Sarah Rudolph responds to Zev Eleff's article on "Digital Democratization".

In this letter to the editor, David E.S. Stein, the project manager and revising translator of the JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition, responds to the review by Martin Lockshin.

Jerome Marcus comments on the connection between davening with sinners and playing politics.

Richard Hidary's reflection commemorating the passing of Yaakov Elman, ob"m.

Ethan Zadoff discusses what Israel education should look like post-October 7.

Yaakov Jaffe provides an ideological argument against including ideology in our Chumashim.

Chaim Saiman suggests that, in the midst of a political transition, we may be on the brink of a "Modern Orthodox Moment."