No Rest for the Weary? Ambiguity in Yehudah Halevi’s “Yom Shabbaton”
Yaakov Jaffe analyzes the multiple meanings of a medieval Jewish poem and popular Shabbat table song.
The Tension that is Tanakh
Yaakov Beasley looks at Hayyim Angel's scholarship and evaluates it as an exemplar of Modern Orthodox Bible study.
Welcome to the Jungle: Shababniks Meet the Spotlight
Sarah Rindner reviews Shababniks and its portrait of haredi life.
Ode to a Nightingale
A passionate sonnet by Yocheved Friedman in memory of the Rav, zt'l.
Schrodinger’s Hametz
Leah Cypess imagines the what-ifs of Pesach cleaning.
From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey
Yael Unterman
Humor me as I begin with a question: Off the cuff, what’s your educated guess as to how...
A Game by Any Other Name
Todd Berman warns of antisemitism in strange places.
Unhappy Families: Elhanan Nir’s Rak Shnenu
The Agnon scholar, Jeffrey Saks, sees some Agnonian work in modern Israeli literature.
Peer Press-ure: Cultural and Market Forces and the Orthodox Press
Yoel Finkelman explains why the Orthodox still have good use for newspapers, while many other groups don't.
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