Culture

Victor M. Erlich offers insight into an infamous Shakespearean character.

Howard Apfel reviews Sacred Training: A Halakhic Guidebook for Medical Students and Residents.

David Berger's eulogy for Revel's late Prof. Arthur Hyman, a leading scholar of Medieval Jewish philosophy.

How can one pray after sinning? In this poem, Dov Frank suggests seeking redemption in unexpected places.

What motivated the first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rav Herzog, to work tirelessly on the seemingly quixotic project of running the modern State of Israel on the basis of Halakhah? Reviewing Alexandar Kaye's new book on the subject, Rabbi Shalom Carmy explains.

Can we learn Torah from Star Wars, superheroes, or the hit Netflix show ‘The Crown’? Olivia Friedman, a teacher at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, says yes, arguing that bringing pop culture into the Judaic studies classroom in a meaningful way not only makes learning more fun, but models the type of integration that Modern Orthodoxy stands for.

Sarah Rindner considers Moana's Disney revolution and its Jewish parallels.

Sarah Rindner has been listening to Eviatar Banai just in time for Sukkot.

A new poem from Zohar Atkins offers a poetic meditation on life in the COVID world.

The Talmud criticizes the heretic Elisha ben Avuyah, or Aher, for listening to Greek music. But what did he do wrong? Todd Berman uses a close reading of Rashi’s comments on the Talmudic passage to explain.