Scholarship

The CDC and FDA have recently endorsed booster shots for the Covid vaccine. But there are those who argue that those doses should be allocated to third world countries instead. Sharon Galper Grossman and Shamai Grossman weigh in about what Halakhah has to say about the issue.

Zev Eleff and Ari Lamm cap off the Lehrhaus Symposium on the OU statement.

Steven Gotlib reviews Eugene Korn’s book on the future of Jewish-Christian relations.

Chaim Twerski contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Why have stories of Jewish masquerade captured audiences since ancient times? In her latest, Malka Z. Simkovich explores the hidden meaning behind dressing up, from the Second Temple to '90s cinema.

Chaim Trachtman contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Marina Zilbergerts presents the philosophical questions posed by Chaim Grade's “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner,” and compares his arguments to those of other major thinkers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche.

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan examines the significance of the six barleys that Boaz gives Ruth in light of the story of Rachel, Leah, and the duda'im.

Elli Fischer on Rasbhi's passing, his legacy, and some other rabbinic legacies, as well.

Is true forgiveness possible? Michael Kurin explores the doubts raised by prominent twentieth century philosophers and considers how Jewish tradition offers a radically different conception of repentance and forgiveness, one that enables people to alter their reality vis-à-vis God and one another.