Contemporary

Twelve years after the passing of R. Menachem Froman, his daughter-in-law, the scholar and activist Tchiya Froman, considers R. Froman’s literary critique of the Gush Emunim settlement enterprise and his determination that Judaism requires a feminine revolution.

Just in advance of the shloshim for David Ellenson, the former president of Hebrew Union College, Jonathan D. Sarna pays tribute to a man whose life, work, and friendships spanned the Jewish denominational divide.

Do Jewish texts teach racism? It depends on how you read them, answers Chaim Trachtman.

This siddur, Yaakov Jaffe argues, is where to look to find out what Orthodox Jews believe.

Tzvi Goldstein's recent piece on Centrist and Haredi Orthodoxy has generated many responses from our readers. Today we share a response from Chaim Goldberg, who vigorously argues that the greatest pillar for contemporary Haredi ideology is not Ramhal's Mesilat Yesharim but Rav Hayyim Volozhin's Nefesh Ha-Hayyim.

Leah Sarna contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Zev Eleff on a perennially interesting portion of the liturgy.

Natan Oliff explores the theological implications of teshuva in a world that is God’s prescripted story.

Lawrence Kaplan defends his translation of Halakhic Man and calls for more efforts to make Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's writings accessible to English readers.

Steven Gotlib reviews Eugene Korn’s book on the future of Jewish-Christian relations.