A Year in Review – 2021
As 2021 comes to a close, the Lehrhaus team is delighted to highlight many of the thought-provoking essays we’ve published this year, with a diverse array of incredible thinkers and writers.
Women and Paternalism
Judah Goldberg responds to Chaim Saiman, continuing the discussion on women's higher Torah learning.
From Madison Square Garden to MetLife Stadium: Transformations in Daf Yomi Siyumim
Elli Fischer looks back at 30 years of Daf Yomi celebrations.
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein’s Novel Position on Women’s Talmud Study
The novelty of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein's teachings on women's Talmud
study... explained, by Shlomo Zuckier!
Lay-Rabbinic Relations: The Present Moment and the Path Ahead
Tzvi Sinensky contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
“I’d Fast a Second Day”
Julie Goldstein reflects on her recent Yom Kippur experience and why it matters for Orthodox women everywhere.
Jewish Justice and #MeToo
Joshua Yuter considers rabbinic conceptions of justice in the age of #metoo.
Forty Years Later: The Rav’s Opening Shiur at the Stern College for Women Beit...
Forty years ago, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik changed women's Torah education forever. Rabbi Saul Berman tells us how that happened.
A Failed Attempt to Challenge the Halakhic Prenup
Jeremy Stern dissects the recent and supposed Israeli ban against the BDA prenup.
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.
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