Scholarship

Aaron Segal reviews Staying Human by Harris Bor.

Marc Eichenbaum explores the idea of guilt and shame cultures in the thought of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"tl, which provides a novel interpretation of Torah and a powerful lesson for contemporary society.

R. Yitzchak Blau analyzes the 2018 book, Was Yosef on the Spectrum?

Yosef Lindell recounts the controversy surrounding different attempts at translating the Tishrei prayers.

After six months suspended between quarantine, isolation, and uncertainty, it’s natural to want to run away from home, especially as Yom Kippur looms and we realize it’s time for a change. But, as Matthew Nitzanim explains, this understandable reaction would miss the point of Teshuvah: everything we need to work on is right here, wherever it is we find ourselves.

The Talmud criticizes the heretic Elisha ben Avuyah, or Aher, for listening to Greek music. But what did he do wrong? Todd Berman uses a close reading of Rashi’s comments on the Talmudic passage to explain.

Batya Hefter uses the case of Isaac to illuminate how hasidic masters read the Bible.

Jeffrey Burghauser's three poems draw on the biblical and rabbinic imagination.

Yosef Lindell tracks the Staff of Moses throughout its amazing "life".

Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld offers insight into the nature of the Jewish mystical tradition by examining some of Rashbi's stories.