Tanakh

Yaakov Jaffe provides an ideological argument against including ideology in our Chumashim.

Yisroel Ben-Porat offers historical, hashkafic, and personal reflections on what’s often called the “Judeo-Christian” tradition and whether a Torah u-Madda outlook can embrace the study of Christianity.

Malka Simkovich compares the narratives of Noah and Lot, and the ways their stories trigger the beginnings of rival nations of Bnei Yisrael.

Levi Morrow explores how the Rabbis use creative exegesis to save the world from drowning in a flood

Eliyahu Freedman compares hospital chaplains to the Kohanim.

AJ Berkovitz explores the "life" of Jewish books, from authors to owners to outside the margins.

Yitzchak Etshalom comments on the relationship between Lavan and Yaakov.

Ezra Sivan reexamines the relationship between Rachel and Leah.

The dynamic conversation continues with three letters to the editor widening our perspective on Torah u-Madda. Steve Gotlib grapples with the challenges of living Torah u-Madda in the real world; Ezequiel Antebi Sacca adds a Sephardic view from Argentina; and Eugene Korn adds insight to the Jewish view on Christianity.

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