Israeli Culture

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

Ari Elias-Bachrach examines the Israel Cheif Rabbi's recent decision not to bury the mother of a get-refuser.

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.

Wendy Zierler interprets a 2015 poem by the late Haim Gouri, reflecting on the challenges of aging, and on the complex and often mournful relationship between the Jewish people, their history, and their literature.

What can we learn from Rav Kook's writings before he immigrated to the land of Israel? As Yom Ha-Atzma'ut approaches, Levi Morrow reviews Yehuda Mirsky's new prehistory of Rav Kook.

Shlomo Spivack discusses the anti-spirituality of his teacher, Rav Menachem Froman.

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

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

Have you seen the latest teen magazine for religious Zionist women? Yoel Finkelman has, and he has some thoughts.

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