Pandemic, Partnership, and Progress: A Vision for a post-Covid Modern Orthodoxy
Alan Jotkowitz explores how frequently overlooked passages in the writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks can help pave a path forward for us on theological issues in a post-Covid world.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s Portrait of Moses
In honor of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’s 70th birthday, Ari Lamm explores his legacy as a biblical commentator.
Jewish Theology For a Neo-Traditional Age
Steven Gotlib reviews Yehuda (Jerome) Gellman’s book on neo-traditional Jewish theology.
The Yemima Method: An Israeli Psychological-Spiritual Approach
Yael Unterman reflects on the Yemima Method, the psycho-spiritual approach little-known in America but quickly growing in popularity in Israel.
Christians, the Talmud, and American Politics
Ari Lamm explores a recent instance of talmudic censorship, as well as its implications for thinking about Jewish-Christian relations and American society at large.
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol’s Finest Hour
Zev Eleff explores the enduring legacy of the recently destroyed Beth Hamedrash Hagadol on Norfolk Street.
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.
Reclaiming Dignity Reviewed
How successful is the new book, Reclaiming Dignity: A Guide to Tzniut for Men and Women, at setting forth a new Torah-based vision for modesty? Laurie Novick offers a careful review, carefully considering both the personal essays and halakhic/hashkafic analyses set forward in this important work.
The New Jewish Philosophy of Rav Shagar
Continuing the conversation, Dr. Miriam Feldmann-Kaye introduces postmodernism and responds to some critics of Rav Shagar.
Israel’s Light: A Response to Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
Rafi Eis responds to Meir Soloveichik on the role of Jews and Judaism in today's political climate.