Commentary

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.

Yaakov Jaffe delves into two possible themes of the song Maoz Tzur.

Shlomo Zuckier presents Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's own thoughts on academic Talmud.

Todd Berman contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

The creative responses of Jewish Day Schools to the pandemic demonstrate that the time has come to think out of the box and reimagine high school education. Hillel Rapp, Director of Education at Bnei Akiva Schools of Toronto, outlines a provocative, comprehensive vision for reimagining high schools in the 21st century.

How should we address the manel issue? Erica Brown contends that we should simply disband panels altogether.

Dan Ornstein examines the rabbinic interpretation of the phrase "ba-asher hu sham," and applies it to the current conflict in Israel.

The Agnon scholar, Jeffrey Saks, sees some Agnonian work in modern Israeli literature.

Sefaria has recently published a new bilingual digital edition of Talmud Yerushalmi. Taking stock of this development, Zachary Rothblatt offers an erudite synthesis of the history of Yerushalmi.

With the aid of some new primary sources, David Curwin offers a fresh view of the Rav's embrace of Rambam and his most important writings.