Commentary

Rabbi Adam Starr reflects on his community's hurricane relief efforts, and what it taught him about Jewish unity.

In response to Tzvi Sinensky's earlier essay, Andrew Bennett presents Jewish legal scholar Robert Cover's and noted antisemite Carl Schmitt's thoughts on elu ve-elu.

Yaakov Bieler continues the conversation on Talmud education, introducing "action research" to the discussion.

Wendy Amsellem While I greatly enjoyed reading Chaim Saiman’s thoughtful essay, “The Market for Gedolim: A Tale of Supply and Demand,” nothing about it made...

Lawrence Kaplan responds to Eli Putterman's essay on Reish Laqish and sexuality.

Matt Reingold contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Zev Eleff explores the enduring legacy of the recently destroyed Beth Hamedrash Hagadol on Norfolk Street.

Max Hollander argues that the Kinnah of Aish Tukad is not only a lament over the destruction of Jerusalem, but also a testament to Jewish resilience.

Yishai Schwartz responds to Michael (Avi) Helfand on the matter of American law, religious liberties and get-torture.

In this review, Chesky Kopel juxtaposes three new poetry books which illustrate today's trials and tribulations: Tikvah Hecht's "Tashlikh," Brian Rohr's "Shaken to my Bones: A Poetic Midrash on the Torah," and Eden Pearlstein's "Nothing is for Everyone."