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Batya Hefter explores Moses' development as a leader

Laurance Wieder's After Adam was named the Book of the Year in 2019 by First Thing's John Wilson, but has been largely overlooked in the Jewish community. The Jewish Review of Book's Michal Leibowitz seeks to remedy this in her review of Wieder's lyrical retelling of the Bible.

Dina Brawer explores "certainty" and "doubt" in rabbinic tradition.

Miriam Gedwiser explores the raven's role in parashat Noah

Alex Ozar explores wartime law in the Rambam.

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

Aaron Cohen surveys the fascinating literature surrounding antipodal etrogim.

Countless explanations have been offered to explain the debate between Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai as to whether we light the Hanukkah candles in ascending or descending order. Yet remarkably, Hannah Abrams manages to offer a strikingly novel reading of this debate. Her analysis is well worth the read.

Mark Glass puts the Akeidah in conversation with the surrounding narratives of the book of Genesis.

Zev Eleff offers a rejoinder and some reflections on "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"