20/20 vision for hilkhot Shabbat: A Glance at Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon’s Newest Sefer
In our saturated environment, can any contemporary work on hilkhot Shabbat break new ground? Ezra Schwartz explains that Rav Rimon's newest work does precisely this.
Review: Rabbi Joshua Berman’s “Echoes of Egypt” haggadah
In this review, Garry Wayland explores Rabbi Joshua Berman's new "Echoes of Egypt" Haggadah, which incorporates aspects of ancient Egyptian history.
Unhappy Families: Elhanan Nir’s Rak Shnenu
The Agnon scholar, Jeffrey Saks, sees some Agnonian work in modern Israeli literature.
Orthodoxy’s Response to Biblical Criticism: A Review of Joshua Berman’s Ani Maamin
Joshua Berman, a leading Tanakh scholar, has written a compelling book that addresses head-on many of the challenges posed by biblical criticism. Michael Harris explains.
Character And Covenant
Ben Frogel reviews a new volume that introduces thirty-five different Jewish approaches to virtue ethics and attempts to link them into one continuous tradition.
Review of After Adam
Laurance Wieder's After Adam was named the Book of the Year in 2019 by First Thing's John Wilson, but has been largely overlooked in the Jewish community. The Jewish Review of Book's Michal Leibowitz seeks to remedy this in her review of Wieder's lyrical retelling of the Bible.
Divinity Redefined- Review of Christine Hayes, What’s Divine About Divine Law?: Early Perspectives
Rabbi Daniel Reifman reviews Christine Hayes' Whats Divine about Divine Law?
Judaism and Christianity: A Star-Crossed Affair?
Steven Gotlib reviews Eugene Korn’s book on the future of Jewish-Christian relations.
A Journey Across the Ages: Esther in America
Jennifer Caplan reviews Esther in America, a timely volume featuring essays by a number of Lehrhaus editors that addresses how the characters and themes of Megillat Esther have been integrated into American thought and culture over time.
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