Torah Personalities

Eileen Watts puts the writings of Bernard Malamud in conversation with today's immigrant debate.

Baruch Sterman, founder of the @Ptil Tekhelet Institute, tells the story of Rav Rabinovitch's pivotal role in the discovery of the tekhelet - and an episode of "The Worst Jobs in History," a 2004-2006 BBC series.

Seth Farber explores the Rav's 1932 in local Boston historical context.

David J. Landes z"l, former chairman of the Etzion Foundation at Yeshivat Har Etzion, developed a very close relationship with Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l. In honor of Rav Lichtenstein's 6th yahrtzeit, Dr. Landes' family has generously offered to publish his penetrating analysis of Rav Lichtenstein's 1957 Harvard dissertation, published in 1962 under the title Henry More: The Rational Theology of a Cambridge Platonist.

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.

Chaim Davis shares reflections based on his family’s (and his) close relationship with Rabbi Steinsaltz.

Mahnaz Moazami's reflection commemorating the passing of Yaakov Elman, ob"m.

An exclusive look into Rav Dov Singer's new English work on prayer, Prepare My Prayer.

Shana Strauch Schicks's reflection commemorating the passing of Yaakov Elman, ob"m.

What do you get when you read George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda alongside Rav Soloveitchik’s Kol Dodi Dofek? A cross between Zionism and feminism, argues Eileen Watts.