The Baptized Jew Who Had a Lot to Teach Us about Orthodox Judaism
Peter Berger, Daniel Korobkin argues, offers an important lens to understand Orthodox Judaism, its religious features and institutions.
The OU Paper: Three Lenses
Elli Fischer contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
The King’s Great Cover-Up and Great Confession
Ezra Sivan explores the idea of confession, through the eyes of King David
The Philosopher King and the Poet Messiah: Hellenic and Hebrew Republics Compared
In this essay, written in honor of Yom Yerushalayim, Bezalel Naor explores the differing visions for the ideal state held by Plato and the Rabbis, Maimonides and Rabbi Nahman of Breslov.
Between Shabbat and Lynch Mobs
Ezra Sivan asks what light the narratives of Shabbat and the scouts shed on some critical social questions.
When Kaddish Becomes Currency: Mapping Out the Mechanics of Merit
Moshe Kurtz explores several halakhic questions concerning the recitation of kaddish for the deceased, all of which point to a larger discussion about how one can confer merit on someone else.
Revealed yet Concealed: the Meaning of Aseret Ha-Dibrot
Yosef Lindell explores the true nature of the Aseret ha-Dibrot.
Alexander Hamilton: The “Jewish” Founding Father
What was Alexander Hamilton's relationship to Judaism? In his review of a new book about Hamilton's Jewish world, Lehrhaus editor Yisroel Ben-Porat explores the arguments to be made for a "Jewish" founding father.
There Is Nothing New Under the Sun: A Reply to Gil Perl
In response to Gil Perl's Postmodern Orthodoxy, Gidon Rothstein asks for another look at Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and the limits of pluralism and what we consider "truth."
The Nazir and the Priest
Yoni Nouriel examines an episode in the Talmud where Shimon Ha-Tzadik describes his encounter with an impure Nazir.
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