Vaccines, Hysteria, and Rabbinic Responsibility: A Plea from the Trenches
Jeremy Brown comments on the history and necessity of vaccination in the Jewish community.
A Controversial Halakhic Case Against the State of Israel
Shmuel Silberman reviews Yirmiyahu Cohen's anti-Zionist book "I will Await Him."
Incensed by Coronavirus: Prayer and Ketoret in Times of Epidemic
Dr. Eddie Reichman, an ER doctor on the front lines of fighting Coronavirus, and an expert in the history of halakhah and medicine, shares a unique perspective on history of combatting plagues in the Jewish tradition.
Reclaiming the Akeidah from Kierkegaard
David Fried offers a novel reading of the Akeidah.
What Do We Know About Moses’s Burial Place?
Ezra Zuckerman Sivan explains what it means when the Torah says that Moses's burial site was hidden.
The King’s Great Cover-Up and Great Confession
Ezra Sivan explores the idea of confession, through the eyes of King David
Hasidim and Academics Debate a Rebbe’s Faith during the Holocaust (on Facebook, of all...
Henry Abramson debates Shaul Magid on the faith of the Aish Kodesh.
Orthodoxy’s Response to Biblical Criticism: A Review of Joshua Berman’s Ani Maamin
Joshua Berman, a leading Tanakh scholar, has written a compelling book that addresses head-on many of the challenges posed by biblical criticism. Michael Harris explains.
Selflessness and the Self in the Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Yosef Bronstein explores the thought of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe.
What is Jewish Law? Uncovering a Debate between the Tur and the Ran
Lehrhaus Editor Shlomo Zuckier examines two divergent understandings of Jewish law.