Scholarship

Lawrence Kaplan In his recent Lehrhaus essay “Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Academic Talmud Study,” Professor Avraham (Rami) Reiner proves himself to be a genuine disciple...

What theological language can we use to describe our current pandemic moment? In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, Jeremy Brown takes scope of the ancient and modern notions of plague theodicy and reviews some ideas from the 2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner Torah in a Time of Plague.

Mark Glass explores the implications of a little-known interpretation in which Lot's wife never turned to salt.

This siddur, Yaakov Jaffe argues, is where to look to find out what Orthodox Jews believe.

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

In December 1932, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik had just arrived in Boston and outlined his vision for Orthodox Jewish education in the United States.

Tzvi Sinensky suggests that the Megillah itself confronts the question of Purim's legitimacy.

Joshua Stadlan carefully explores the “blemishes” that invalidate a kohein for service in the Mishkan to argue that they were not an original part of God’s plan.

David Bashevkin articulates a religious educator’s perspective on why people become religious

How do Moses Mendelssohn and Revelation jibe? Judah Kerbel offers some perspective.