Modern

Zev Eleff on a uniquely American Jewish "righteous commodity" Gedolim Cards

Bezalel Naor translates and contextualizes a poem by Pinchas Peli about the home of Rav Kook.

Avi Garson traces the rise and fall of the classical Sephardic tradition and calls for a renewed return to its fundamental principles.

Is true forgiveness possible? Michael Kurin explores the doubts raised by prominent twentieth century philosophers and considers how Jewish tradition offers a radically different conception of repentance and forgiveness, one that enables people to alter their reality vis-à-vis God and one another.

Atara Cohen thinks through what our texts have to say about depression.

Matthew Omolesky considers the importance of culture in the face of genocide.

With lively and accessible prose, Tamar Ross clarifies her theology of the revelation at Sinai in contrast to more traditional formulations such as Yoram Hazony's.

Jonathan Ziring comments on the "Jewishness" of religious tolerance.

Joey Rosenfeld takes Kafka and Rav Nahman for a spin, on their timely drey-ing of the tops!

Zev Eleff and Menachem Butler explore the reception of Moses Mendelssohn in American Orthodox Judaism, focusing on a curious commotion surrounding the bicentennial of Mendelssohn's death