Saving Non-Jews on Shabbat: Two Perspectives on the Development of a Sensitive Halakhah
Jonathan Ziring explores the innovative nature of different Halakhic rulings permitting violating Shabbat to save non-Jewish lives.
Teaching Talmud in the 21st Century: A Student Voice
Dan Jutan, Dov Greenwood, and Meir Kerzner explore the fundamentals of Jewish Education.
There Are No Lights in War: We Need a Different Religious Language
A growing list of dati le’umi leaders and thinkers frame war as a desirable state and even an opportunity for spiritual elevation. Religious Israeli activist Ariel Shwartz traces this trend with alarm and argues that it contradicts deep-rooted Torah values. Translated by Mordechai Blau.
Practicing Neo-Hasidism: Insights from Arthur Green’s Writings
Jonah Mac Gelfand explores the neo-Hasidic theology of obligation to do mitzvot that emerges from the fascinating writings of Rabbi Arthur Green.
Saiman’s Halakhah: Rabbinic Law as Culture
Suzanne Last Stone reviews Chaim Saiman's Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law.
What are the Essential Questions and Structures of Talmud Study?
Yaakov Jaffe responds to David Stein's earlier call to revamp the standard day school Talmud curriculum.
Decision-Making on Matters of Halakhic Public Policy or Meta-Halakhic Issues: Some Tentative Thoughts
Nathaniel Helfgot outlines decision making in matters of halakhic policy and meta-halakhah.
The “Essentials” of Orthodox Judaism
Dr. Chaim Trachtman explores the role of essentialism within Orthodox Judaism
Rav Lichtenstein on Wissenschaft in his Own (Yiddish) Words
Shlomo Zuckier presents Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's own thoughts on academic Talmud.
No Law in Heaven
Moshe Koppel Reviews Chaim Saiman's Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law.
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