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.
The Essence of Education
In his review of Glenn Dynner’s recent book on Polish Hasidism, Jon Kelsen argues that Dynner is engaged in an act of resistance against the prevalent view of interwar Hasidism as a movement in decline.
Climate Change and Prayers for Rain and Dew
By examining the prayers for rain and dew through the lens of meteorology and Rabbi Soloveitchik’s Lonely Man of Faith, Chaim Trachtman presents a unique religious model for thinking about climate change.
Periphery and Center: reading Natalie Zemon Davis at Stern College for Women
Natalie Zemon Davis, a Jewish historian known for shining a light on the lives of marginalized people in the early modern period, passed away in October. Ronnie Perelis commemorates Dr. Zemon Davis by reflecting on the experience of teaching her revolutionary work to his students at Stern College for Women.
The OU Paper: Three Lenses
Elli Fischer contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
The Yemima Method: An Israeli Psychological-Spiritual Approach
Yael Unterman
I dedicate this essay to my friend Dr. Tsippi Kauffman z”l, who passed away in the course of its writing. A wonderful educator,...
Celebrating Women’s Talmud and Acknowledging its Opponents
Rabbi Leonard Matanky reflects on Rabbi Saul Berman's account of the Rav's
1977 Stern College Talmud shiur and Orthodox Judaism's & slippery slope
complex.
Philanthropy Works; We Just Need More of It
Jay Kelman responds to Hillel David Rapp.
A Word Search Adventure
Mollie Fish reviews Mitchell First’s new book, From Eden to Exodus: A Journey into Hebrew Words in Bereshit and Shemot.
Who Caused the Deaths of the 10 Martyrs? The Kinot of the 9th of...
Yaakov Jaffe analyzes what the Kinah about the Ten Martyrs says about heroism.

















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