Contemporary

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

Zev Eleff and Ari Lamm cap off the Lehrhaus Symposium on the OU statement.

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.

Merri Ukraincik contemplates G-d's role in our lives.

Zev Eleff on a perennially interesting portion of the liturgy.

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.

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

On Yom Ha'atzmaut, Zach Truboff reflects on Rav Shagar's insistence that the Israeli present must be rooted in the past, and explores the redemptive power of Torah as an answer for modernity.

Seth Farber explores the Rav's 1932 in local Boston historical context.

Yakov Z. Mayer reflects on the life of a remarkable Hasidic academic.