Bittul Torah or a Taste of the World to Come? Fathers and Young Children
In honor of Father's Day, Yosef Bronstein shares thoughts about the Talmud's perspective on the relationship between fathers and children.
The First Yeshiva Exile
Reading R. Eliezer b. Hyrcanus and Shammai through an autistic lens, Liz Shayne explores how uncompromising, righteous anger can find a place in the beit midrash.
Notes on the Conversation surrounding Faith Shattered and Restored / Post-Modern Orthodoxy.
Marc Dworkin re-examines the impact of Rav Shagar's thought on the English-speaking audience.
Blackbirds
Zohar Atkins weighs in on contemporary anti-Semitism “culture wars” through the unique lens of poetry.
There Is Nothing New Under the Sun: A Reply to Gil Perl
In response to Gil Perl's Postmodern Orthodoxy, Gidon Rothstein asks for another look at Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and the limits of pluralism and what we consider "truth."
That Which Is Beyond Your Gates
In this imaginative short story from David Zvi Kalman, as synagogue attendance shrinks, the buildings themselves begin to grow.
Re-reading Bereishit: A Review of David Fohrman’s New Book
Tammy Jacobowitz reviews David Forman's latest book, a companion to Sefer Bereishit, and finds engaging, instructive literary analysis that pulls new insights from familiar stories.
The Agagites
For Parshat Zakhor, this short story by Shira Eliaser richly imagines the world of King Saul and the clandestine encounter that brought Haman’s Amalekite ancestors into the world.
Rav Kook on Culture and History
Zach Truboff explores Rav Kook's fascinating philosophy of history, focusing on five recently translated essays.
A “What If” Review: Hypothetical History, Science, and Halakhah
Yaakov Taubes examines three hypothetical “What if?” books and what they can teach us about history, science, and halakhah.
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