The Breslover’s Song
Jerome Marcus responds to Bezalel Naor's earlier essay, delving further into the worlds of Maimonides and Rabbi Nahman of Breslov.
The Development of Neo-Hasidism: Echoes and Repercussions Part II: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Zelda Schneurson...
Ariel Evan Mayse discusses Neo-Hasidism through the eyes of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky.
Rabbi Yehudah Ha-Levi’s Love Song on Jewish Self-Identification for the 7th day of Pesah
Yaakov Jaffe explores Yehuda Ha-Levi's Yom Le-Yabasha.
An Ishbitz-Radzyn Reading of the Joseph Narrative: The Light of Reason and the Flaw...
Batya Hefter traces Joseph's character development through the eyes of the Ishbitz-Radzyn masters.
The Arrival of Rabbi Soloveitchik in America: A Documentary Report
Yisrael Kashkin and Jeffrey Saks provide a timeline for the Rav's American arrival.
Rav Lichtenstein on Wissenschaft in his Own (Yiddish) Words
Shlomo Zuckier presents Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's own thoughts on academic Talmud.
Modeling Modernity: Revisiting the Rabbi Soloveitchik Paradigm
Chaim Trachtman contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
Finding Meaning in Determinism: How Jewish Thinkers Reconcile the Contradiction between Determinism and Human...
Natan Oliff looks at the various ways Jewish thinkers have found meaning in determinism.
The Zogerke’s Vort
The zogerke or firzogerin, once the vernacular translator in the women’s section of the synagogue, has faded into distant memory. Dalia Wolfson reimagines her for our times.
The Exodus, America’s Ever-Present Inspiration
Stuart Halpern explains how, when faced with uncertainty, danger, and personal and communal hardships, Americans have turned to the story of the Exodus for inspiration.
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