Talmud and Halakhah

Shmuel Winiarz contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

What can the Talmud teach us about living through a pandemic? Avi Strausberg argues that it teaches us quite a bit about strengthening acts of kindness and solidarity in our communities.

Noah Gradofsky explores sources about a pregnant Sotah and their relevance for Jewish abortion ethics.

Ben Rothke takes a sober look at a new book that tries to square Orthodox Judaism with New Age Medicine.

Dan Jutan, Dov Greenwood, and Meir Kerzner explore the fundamentals of Jewish Education.

Zev Eleff draws on lessons of nineteenth century print culture to help grapple with the Digital Age.

Noah Marlowe offers a personal reflection on the experience of simultaneously studying Hilkhot Aveilut and coping with loss from a clinical social work perspective. He explores the similarities and differences between the two lenses and how they could each benefit from being in conversation with each other.

Two letters to the editor provide alternative perspectives on the question of what Jewish law wants American abortion law to be.

Daniel Shlian explores instances of pun usage in Jewish text.

In honor of Shavuot 5784, Dalia Wolfson presents five new bilingual poems that explore the themes of the third perek of Mishnah Bikkurim and contemplate their possible inversion.