Upcoming Issues

The seventh edition, “Halakhah and Minhag,” will deal with issues of pesak Halakhah and the interplay between Jewish law and Jewish practice.

Possible topics include: Methodologies of Pesak (Yere Shamayim Yetse Yedei Sheneihem, Mah Tov, Kohah de-Hetteira Adifa, Ha-Mahmir Tavo Alav Berakhah), Sefaradic, Mizrahi, Ashkenazic, German Jewish, and Hasidic Halakhah, Minhag ha-Makom (Lo Titgodedu), When is Minhag Oker Halakhah?, Minhag Yisrael Torah Hi (Ve-Al Tittosh Torat Immekha), Philosophy of Halakhah, History of Halakhic Development (Tamar Ross and Rav Kook), The Concept of a Universal Law Code for all Jews (Shulhan Arukh), Kabbalah in Halakhah, Minhag Shetut, Innovation in Pesak, The Power of Beit Din, and much more!

Submissions due: March 22, 2010

E-mail submissions to: kolhamevaser@gmail.com

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The eighth and final issue of the paper this year, on “Judaism in America,” will trace the unique experience of Jews living in a modern, progressive, and affluent society such as this one, along with all the challenges and opportunities that experience affords.

Possible topics include: So-Called “Minhag America” (Hanukkah Presents, Lack of Hair Covering for Women), American Religious Zionism, The Impact of the Year in Israel on American Orthodoxy, Aliyyah to Israel vs. Staying in America, Jews and Sports, Denominational Relations, Unique Challenges to Jewish Life in America, America vs. “the Old Country” as Diaspora Communities, Affluence in the American Jewish Community, and much more!

Submissions due: April 19, 2010

E-mail submissions to: kolhamevaser@gmail.com

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As always, we welcome Letters-to-the-Editor as well as General Jewish Thought pieces on topics not necessarily connected with the title of the issue.