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Zev Eleff offers a rejoinder and some reflections on "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"

Yael Unterman reviews a new book exploring the limits religious authenticity and Judaism.

Yaakov Jaffe examines Yehudah Ha-Levi's High Holiday poem "Yashen, Al Teradam"

Award-winning poet Yehoshua November offers his thoughts on the connection between mystical intimacy and poetry.

In this poem, Ben Corvo imagines the visceral experience of surviving on Noah's Ark.

Leah Cypess imagines the what-ifs of Pesach cleaning.

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

In his review of Michael Hattin’s commentaries on the books of Joshua and Judges, Francis Nataf explores how greater collaboration between creative Tanakh teachers could help reduce the number of overly speculative readings.

Yakov Nagen's Soul of the Mishna contains a wealth of readings that combine academic, literary, and spiritual perspectives on the Mishnah, writes Richard Hidary. Read the full review of the book, now accessible to an English-speaking audience, in our latest at the Lehrhaus.

Martin Lockshin reviews Daniel A. Klein’s translation of Samuel David Luzzatto’s commentary on the Book of Vayikra, the latest volume in Klein’s project to translate all of Shadal’s insightful and ever-interesting Torah commentary.