Killing Off the Rav (So He May Live)
William Kolbrener calls for an end to Rav-polemicizing so that all interested parties might finally take his legacy and teachings at full-depth.
Big-Tent Orthodoxy and the Return of the NOOJ
Elli Fischer argues that news of the non-observant Orthodox Jews' demise has been premature.
OU—Enforce and Educate!
Shaul Robinson contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
Love (and Trust) Conquer All: Another Angle on the Akeidah
Alex Ozar drills down on the point of the Akeidah, responding to Herzl Hefter and Tzvi Sinensky.
A Word Search Adventure
How Zionism Saved the Etrog in America
Zev Eleff explains what Zionism has to do with Sukkot, at least in America.
The Pedagogical Imagination of a Subversive Conservative: Rabbi Soloveitchik’s Arrival as an Educational Visionary
Jeffrey Saks concludes The Lehrhaus series, mapping out the intellectual biography of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Living in an Old Book with Poet Haim Gouri (1923-2018)
JLIC: The OU Program That Introduced a New Vision of Orthodox Women’s Leadership
Todd Berman contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
Thriller
William Kolbrener offers insight into the intellectual underpinnings of the Rav's 1932 interview recently re-published by The Lehrhaus.