Scholarship

Beth Kissileff explains how Moses' complaint about not being the Israelite's nursemaid shows how he is unfit for leadership.

Shlomo Zuckier explores some surprising connections between the Talmud and the field of behavioral economics.

Sruli Fruchter examines the story not often told about Noah—the trauma inflicted by immense responsibility amidst immense destruction.

Shmuel Silberman reviews Yirmiyahu Cohen's anti-Zionist book "I will Await Him."

William Gewirtz continues to offer his thoughts on the meaning of bein ha-shemashot.

Ezra Sivan probes the Sabbath and the Torah's call to love God.

For Eve Grubin, Bilam's hidden messages is a lesson for the Torah and for life.

What sort of powers did Hazal have in the first century? Ari Lamm wonders.

How successful is the new book, Reclaiming Dignity: A Guide to Tzniut for Men and Women, at setting forth a new Torah-based vision for modesty? Laurie Novick offers a careful review, carefully considering both the personal essays and halakhic/hashkafic analyses set forward in this important work.

The zogerke or firzogerin, once the vernacular translator in the women’s section of the synagogue, has faded into distant memory. Dalia Wolfson reimagines her for our times.