Scholarship

The new book Reclaiming Dignity is taking the Anglo Jewish world by storm. Why? Emmanuel Bloch, who wrote his dissertation on the subject of tzeniut, argues that the work capitalizes on and extends a new, revolutionary halakhic and conceptual framework for tzeniut that has emerged only in recent years - one that offers a lens to the “soul of contemporary Jewish Orthodoxy.”

Malka Simkovich provides a valuable corrective on the parameters of universalism in Judaism and Christianity.

David Fried forwards the surprising thesis that Maimonides was a medieval mystic.

Chaim Saiman comments on the nature of Simhat Torah.

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

Dan Margulies offers a rundown of the sukkah zip-tie construction, the next great halakhic frontier

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

Tzvi Sinensky explores the Biblical origins of Tu be-Av.

Rami Reiner breaks new ground, analyzing Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein's view of academic Jewish studies.

Jeffrey Fox examines whether watching football is problematic from a Torah point of view.