Rabbi Lamm, Aliens, and Imitating God in the Age of AI
Max Hollanders compares the theological issues raised by alien life and AI.
The Fox and the Chair
Ayelet Wenger offers a creative, intertextual reading of the story of Rabbi Akiva and the Wolf on the Temple Mount.
From Graduation to Contagion: Jewish Physicians Confront Plague in 1631
Contemporary physicians have been heroic in the battle against COVID-19, but what was it like to be one of a handful of Jewish doctors confronting the Bubonic Plague during the 17th-century in Italy? Prolific medical halakhist and historian Eddie Reichman takes a close look at the four Jewish graduates of the Padua medical school class of 1623.
Haggai: Prophet of Elul
Tzvi Sinensky on how Sefer Haggai unlocks the meaning of Hodesh Elul.
American Orthodox Jews Can and Should Care About Whether Liberal Judaism Thrives
Roberta Kwall weighs in on the state of non-Orthodox Judaism and how it affects Orthodoxy.
Bittul Torah or a Taste of the World to Come? Fathers and Young Children
In honor of Father's Day, Yosef Bronstein shares thoughts about the Talmud's perspective on the relationship between fathers and children.
The Maculate Conception: Introducing a Symposium on Rabbi Prof. David Weiss Halivni
Elli Fischer
Just over a month ago, the Jewish world lost Rabbi Professor David Weiss Halivni, one of its greatest and most creative Talmudic minds...
Torah u-Madda’s Moment
Stu Halpern weighs in on the eternal wisdom Torah u-Madda offers the world during the fraught times in which we live.
Shammai Vs. Hillel: The Angel Is In The Details
Chaim Trachtman shows how a careful examination of debates between Shammai and Hillel challenge our preconceived notions about them.
Social Distancing in the Rabbinic Tradition
Jeremy Brown discusses some remarkable Talmudic and historical precedents for social distancing during pandemics.
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