Scholarship

A Look at Prof. Louis H. Feldman through the pages of the Yeshiva College student newspaper.

Outside the Land of Israel, we add an extra day to several holidays. Michael Kurin wonders: why not on Hanukkah?

AJ Berkovitz offers a charitable perspective on American politicians' apparent errors in citing the Bible.

A growing list of dati le’umi leaders and thinkers frame war as a desirable state and even an opportunity for spiritual elevation. Religious Israeli activist Ariel Shwartz traces this trend with alarm and argues that it contradicts deep-rooted Torah values. Translated by Mordechai Blau.

William Kolbrener calls for an end to Rav-polemicizing so that all interested parties might finally take his legacy and teachings at full-depth.

David Silverstein explores Rabbi Nachum Rabinovich’s approach to Aveirah Li-Shmah and how this relates to his broader concept of autonomy as a halakhic value.

Ezra Sivan challenges our understanding of the fifth commandment and all of Sefer Devarim.

Dan Margulies explores various opinions on where to light a Hanukah Lamp in dorms and apartments.

In his newest review, former Lehrhaus webmaster Steve Gotlib looks at Hasidim, Suffering and Renewal: The Prewar and Holocaust Legacy of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira and examines scholars’ differing views on whether the Aish Kodesh experienced a crisis of faith due to the Holocaust.

Shlomo Zuckier explores some surprising connections between the Talmud and the field of behavioral economics.