Tag: leadership

In this essay, Danny Groner reflects on the elements that make a synagogue a true house of worship.

Jordan Soffer examines the two narratives of Calev and Yitro through a lens of effective community leadership.

Surprisingly, Bible scholars have not addressed the remarkable intertextual conversation between Jacob's blessings in Genesis 49 and Deborah's song in Judges 5. Michael Bernstein offers his original etymological analysis of the two poetic texts.

Drawing upon the teachings of the Piaseczner Rebbe, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and others, Yiscah Smith proposes a model for reimagining contemporary Jewish leadership on both the communal and personal levels.

The biblical figure of Esther is often interpreted by traditional and modern commentators as a heroine of active leadership. Naama Sadan offers a novel perspective, according to which Esther confronts national crisis in female-coded ways, triumphing and saving her people through internally-focused activism.

In response to recent articles by Ezra Schwartz and Nathaniel Helfgot on the issue of centralization, Jeffrey Fox offers a vision of collaborative, personalized pesak in the post-Covid era.

Batya Hefter explores Moses' development as a leader

Malka Simkovich pushes for a proactive approach to Orthodox women's leadership.

Sharona Margolin Halickman responds to Chaim Saiman on women's leadership.