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- Letter from the Editor
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- Rav Kook’s Thoughts on Slavery: Coherence and Tension
- Of Homelands and Promised Lands: A Meditation On Exile
- 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
- “He Spoke Within a Cloud”: A Nebulous Narrative and its Normative Implications
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- The Meaning of “Next Year in Jerusalem”
- History and Liturgy: The Evolution of Multiple Prayer Rites
- “Lovers of Humanity”: Rav Kook, Christianity, and the Ongoing Censorship of His Writings
- The Orthodox Forum: What and Why
- An Interview with Rabbi Dr. Moshe D. Tendler
- Eliezer Berkovits’ Post-Holocaust Theology
- Why I Could Not Live Anywhere Else
- Why Doesn’t Halakhic Man learn Aggadah?
- Letter from the Editor
- A Closer Look at the Legacy of Shabbetai Tzvi
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9.5 Israel (Text | PDF)
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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)
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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)
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Articles by Aryeh Sklar
Rashi, Tosafot, and Hazal’s Knowledge of Tanakh
The Jerusalem Talmud[i] records the tradition that the Tannaitic sage Shmuel could recall the midwife who delivered him. R. Yehoshua ben Levi stated that he could remember his mohel. R. Yohanan claimed he could even remember the women who happened to be in the room when his mother gave ... Read more →
Maimonides and the Mean of Doctrines
Just about every essay written about Maimonides and the contradictions apparent in his philosophic magnum opus, the Guide for the Perplexed, begins with some pithy statement about how Maimonides’ use of contradictions created more controversy than conclusions. Arthur Hyman, in his essay, ... Read more →
R. Zvi Dov Kanotopsky and the Kosher Switch
YU’s Thinkers of the Past: A Series A series of articles exploring the ideas and opinions of rabbis of YU’s past, especially as they pertain to the issue of the month. We have seen Dean Revel’s response to the dean of a college with crosses on their diplomas. We have seen Rabbi ... Read more →
Rabbi Shimon Shkop’s Imitatio Dei and the Value of Fun
Of the lesser-known teachers of RIETS’ past, Rabbi Shimon Shkop (1860-1939) definitely ranks near the top of the list. That isn’t to say that Rabbi Shimon Shkop is less-known. Far from it, as a close colleague of Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan (the “Chofetz Chaim”) and Rabbi Chaim Ozer ... Read more →
“Lovers of Humanity”: Rav Kook, Christianity, and the Ongoing Censorship of His Writings
In the year 1920, a twelve-page pamphlet was written and distributed in pre-Israel Palestine called Kol Shofar.[i] It contained an extended criticism of and invective against Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, who was then the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Some of the criticism was directed toward Rav ... Read more →
Revel and the Cross
YU’s Thinkers of the Past: A Monthly Column This new monthly column will explore the thoughts and opinions of rabbis of YU’s past, especially as they pertain to the issue of the month. Our first column will discuss an opinion of Rabbi Bernard Revel (1885-1940), the first president of ... Read more →
Bilga and Synthesis: An Ancient Response to the Clash of Universalism and Particularism
Please enjoy this special Hanukkah article, and look out for our upcoming issue on Judaism and other faiths-arriving on the site and in newsstands soon! In October 2014, Jewish sociologist Alan Wolfe published a book entitled, “At Home in Exile: Why Diaspora Is Good for the Jews.” In ... Read more →
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and the Problem of Biblical Criticism