On the Educational Mission of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Seth Farber explores the Rav's 1932 in local Boston historical context.
Thriller
William Kolbrener offers insight into the intellectual underpinnings of the Rav's 1932 interview recently re-published by The Lehrhaus.
Rabbi Warns Jews on Education: Advises Blend of Secular Study
In December 1932, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik had just arrived in Boston and outlined his vision for Orthodox Jewish education in the United States.
The Arrival of Rabbi Soloveitchik in America: A Documentary Report
Yisrael Kashkin and Jeffrey Saks provide a timeline for the Rav's American arrival.
On Nehama’s Yahrzeit, Thinking About Zeitgeists
What was on Nehama Leibowitz's bookshelf? Her authoritative biographer tells all, just in time for Nehama's 20th Yahrtzeit.
How to Translate “Halakhic Man”: A Response and a Proposal
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.
Retiring My Modern Orthodox DeLorean
Zev Eleff offers a rejoinder and some reflections on "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"
Countering Counter-History: Re-Considering Rav Aharon’s Road Not Taken
Tovah Lichtenstein responds to and critiques Zev Eleff's counter-history, "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"
What if Rav Aharon had Stayed? A Counter-History of Postwar Orthodox Judaism in the...
In his first and last foray in this field, Zev Eleff tries his hand at some Modern Orthodox counter-history.
Listening to the Jews of Silence in Soviet Popular Culture
Jewishness, antisemitism, popular culture and Russian television in the postwar era? Historian Maya Balakirsky Katz explains.