Israeli Culture

Continuing the conversation, Dr. Miriam Feldmann-Kaye introduces postmodernism and responds to some critics of Rav Shagar.

Zach Truboff explores Rav Kook's fascinating philosophy of history, focusing on five recently translated essays.

In this essay, Weinberg reflects on the symbolic significance of tefillin and its message for our Jewish future.

Yael Unterman            Humor me as I begin with a question: Off the cuff, what’s your educated guess as to how...

Rafi Eis responds to Meir Soloveichik on the role of Jews and Judaism in today's political climate.

Yoel Finkelman explains why the Orthodox still have good use for newspapers, while many other groups don't.

Yitzchak Blau and Michael Broyde respond to recent articles that have driven conversation.

A growing list of dati le’umi leaders and thinkers frame war as a desirable state and even an opportunity for spiritual elevation. Religious Israeli activist Ariel Shwartz traces this trend with alarm and argues that it contradicts deep-rooted Torah values. Translated by Mordechai Blau.

Our traditional longing for the rebuilding of the Beit Ha-Mikdash elides uncomfortable questions about the dramatic differences between sacrificial worship and our current models of serving God. Meir Kraus argues that the time has come to engage in this difficult conversation, especially in light of the growing religious-political movement to restore Jewish presence on the Temple Mount. Kraus also proposes an “alternative vision” for a future Temple era.

Tzvi Sinensky on The Slonimer's contemporary popularity