Scholarship

Atara Cohen considers the theological implications of the Talmud’s surprising majority opinion as to how the Messiah will come.

On this flag day, Moshe Kurtz surveys the arguments for and against displaying national flags in synagogues.

Yaakov Jaffe explores a common synagogue practice, and why it doesn't seem so halakhic. minyan,

Hillel Broder reviews the latest release from Jeremiah Lockwood.

Lawrence Kaplan In his recent Lehrhaus essay “Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Academic Talmud Study,” Professor Avraham (Rami) Reiner proves himself to be a genuine disciple...

Can Halakhah really countenance euthanasia? Alan Jotkowitz responds to Leead Staller

The Maccabees were renowned as gibborim. But what exactly is gevurah, and what does it mean for dicussions about manhood and Zionism? Tzvi Sinensky uses Hanukkah as a starting point for this contemporary conversation.

For Eve Grubin, Bilam's hidden messages is a lesson for the Torah and for life.

Can we learn Torah from Star Wars, superheroes, or the hit Netflix show ‘The Crown’? Olivia Friedman, a teacher at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, says yes, arguing that bringing pop culture into the Judaic studies classroom in a meaningful way not only makes learning more fun, but models the type of integration that Modern Orthodoxy stands for.

In this thought-provoking piece, Aharon Frazer traces the approach to power and privilege in the Torah from Genesis through Deuteronomy, and offers a framework for the ethical use of power in our own times.