Humanitarian Aid for Gaza: A Halakhic Argument
David Polsky explores a passage in the Sifrei that is key to articulating a Halakahic position on withholding food as a military tactic.
Lifnei Hashem Tit’haru — The Hinge of Leviticus and the Heart of Yom Kippur
Chaim Saiman explores the grammatical structures of Yom Kippur mussaf, particularly in comparison to Torah reading.
Running and Returning: A Personal Reflection on Prayer, Contemporary Poetry, and Yom Kippur’s Neilah...
In this essay, Yehoshua November presents a model for preparing for the High Holidays
The Miracles of the Rabbis
In a lyrical meditation on his wife's suffering, Mel Waldman reflects on the compassion of the rabbis who brought divinity into their lives
Tradition for Non-Traditional Jews
Steven Gotlib review's Elliot Cosgrove's "For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today," which urges unity among American Jewry.
Wine Not? The missing holiday whose time has come
Aton M. Holzer
The fifteenth of Av – among the most minor of minor festivals on the Jewish calendar – is marked in the diaspora...
Manna, Mitzvot, and Meaning
Ned Krasnopolsky explores the roles of meaning and obedience in matan Torah.
A Mathematical Reevaluation of the Prohibition on Counting Jews
Mark Glass
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A long time ago in a galaxy far far away. …
Growing up, that’s how the gabba’im of my youth minyan would determine if...
Yom Yerushalayim: On Not Yet, Always Already, and the [Im]possibility of Crossing Over
Aton Holzer reflects on Jerusalem and Zionism.
Teaching Israel and Jewish History Post-October 7: A Values Proposition
Ethan Zadoff discusses what Israel education should look like post-October 7.
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