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- Letter from the Editor
- Issue 9.5: Israel
- Rav Kook’s Thoughts on Slavery: Coherence and Tension
- Of Homelands and Promised Lands: A Meditation On Exile
- Of Priorities and Perspective: Land for Peace in the Thought of Religious Zionist Thinkers
- Review of Letters to Talia
- Between Community and Communion
- Halakhic Morality and the Halakhic Personality: a Review of “By His Light: Character and Values in the Service of God”
- Would The Maccabees Ban the Maccabiah?
- Holistic and Holy: A Halakhic Approach to Eretz Yisrael
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Popular Articles
- The Meaning of “Next Year in Jerusalem”
- “Lovers of Humanity”: Rav Kook, Christianity, and the Ongoing Censorship of His Writings
- History and Liturgy: The Evolution of Multiple Prayer Rites
- The Orthodox Forum: What and Why
- An Interview with Rabbi Dr. Moshe D. Tendler
- Why I Could Not Live Anywhere Else
- Eliezer Berkovits’ Post-Holocaust Theology
- Why Doesn’t Halakhic Man learn Aggadah?
- A Closer Look at the Legacy of Shabbetai Tzvi
- The First Beit Midrash: The Yeshivah of Shem and Eber
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9.5 Israel (Text | PDF)
9.4 Hassidut (Text | PDF)
9.3 History and Storytelling (Text | PDF)
9.2 Nature (Text | PDF)
9.1 Jewish Philosophy in the 21st Century (Text | PDF)
8.4 Tanakh in the 21st Century: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Text | PDF)
8.3 Jewish Community: Models and Ideals (Text | PDF)
8.2 Judaism and Other Faiths (Text | PDF)
8.1 The World of the Beit Midrash (Text | PDF)
7.5 Privacy (Text)
7.4 Freedom (Text)
7.P K'ol ha-Mevaser (Text | PDF)
7.3 Mashiah (Text | PDF)
7.2 Israel and Zionism (Text | PDF)
7.1 Music and Spirituality (Text | PDF)
6.7 Rights and Obligations (PDF)
6.5 Technology (PDF)
6.4 Kol Hamevakker (PDF)
6.3 Worship (PDF)
6.2 Politics and Activism (PDF)
6.1 Miracles and Divine Intervention (PDF)
5.5 The Other in Judaism (PDF)
5.3 War and Peace (PDF)
5.2 Jewish Education (PDF)
5.1 Jewish Leadership (PDF)
4.6 The Year in Israel (PDF)
3.7 Halakhah and Minhag (PDF)
3.6 Torah, Literature, and the Arts (PDF)
3.5 Kol Hamishtakker (Part I, PDF | Part II, PDF)
3.4 Jewish Denominations and Sects (PDF)
3.3 Academic Jewish Studies (PDF)
3.2 Family and Community (PDF)
3.1 Musar and Jewish Ethics (PDF)
2.7 Orthodoxy in the 21st Century (PDF)
2.6 Jewish Philosophy (PDF)
2.5 Qol Hamevaser (PDF)
2.3 Jewish Education (PDF)
2.2 Politics and Leadership (PDF)
2.1 Spirituality: Teshuvah and Tefillah (PDF)
1.8 Israel at 60 (PDF)
1.7 Emunah (PDF)
1.3 Derekh Halimmud (PDF)
1.2 Judaism and Pop Culture (PDF)
1.1 Religious Growth and Change (PDF)-
Articles by Sarah Robinson
Exploring the Connection Between Yitzchak and Shimshon
Do Yitzchak and Shimshon have anything to do with each other? [i] At first glance one would surely think not, considering that the two live several hundred years apart and that their life paths are polar opposites. Yitzchak lives before the Jewish Nation existed. He leads a fairly quiet life ... Read more →
Putting Magic in its Place: Appreciating Contextual Differences
Moses’ farewell speech in Deuteronomy functioned as a “last lecture,” recounting forty years of history and laws to the generation imminently entering the Land of Israel. Thus, we as readers should anticipate the rehashing of laws that once appeared in earlier books of the Bible. Does ... Read more →
Patriarchs and Sacrifices: The Philosophical Backing to Prayer
Prayer is a core foundation to Jewish existence. Thrice daily, individual Jews bind into a community, praying for the most basic, profound, and dear aspects of life. But why is Jewish law so particularistic about when prayer can be said? Why are the laws pertaining to prayer so rigid, even ... Read more →
How Halakhah Solves the Agunah Crisis