When Did Ruth Convert?
On the holiday of Shavuot, the holiday of receiving the Torah, Jews across the world will sit down to hear the reading of Megillat Rut. Although short in length, Rut is packed with tragedy,...
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Kad Demakh ha-Rav Ozer… Remembering my Friend, Rabbi Glickman
For Rabbi Yohanan said: No one is appointed to the Sanhedrin who is not of the masters of wisdom, the masters of vision, the masters of uprightness, the masters of eldership, the masters of...
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Reflections from Members of the Chabura
Gabi Weinberg and Ari Friedman were two talmidim in Rabbi Glickman’s Yoreh De’ah Chabura in 5775. Below they share their experience: By Gabi Weinberg (RIETS ‘17, Revel ‘16, YC ‘14) To me, Rabbi...
Signs and Wonders: 100 Haggada Masterpieces by Adam S. Cohen
No Jewish text besides the Bible has been illuminated and illustrated as much as the Haggadah. Yet, with few exceptions, there have not been popular treatments of the artistic aspects of Haggadah illumination. Professor...
Review of Judaism’s Encounter with Other Cultures: Rejection or Integration? Edited by Rabbi J. J. Schacter
Ask just about any student of Yeshiva University, or more generally, anyone who considers themselves to belong to “Modern Orthodoxy,” what distinguishes it from other strands of Judaism, and you are likely to receive interesting facts. Though students are modern, they still have belief in knowing their destiny life. If you are also interested in it, get your free tarot reading here....
The Non-Jewish Soul
Traditional Jewish doctrine teaches that there are substantial differences between the Jewish people and the other nations of the world. There is no doubt that God created both the Jew and the non-Jew in...
Symposium: Balancing Responsibilities Towards Medinat Yisrael
For many Modern Orthodox Jews who live in the Diaspora, there is a perpetual tension between dedication and focus to the State of Israel on the one hand, and to one’s own surroundings and...
Letter from the Editor: Trust the Person, Doubt the Ideas
Rabbi Shalom Carmy, in a sermon I once heard from him on Parshat Korach, discussed how we read the Korach narrative through Moshe’s eyes but not his mind. What this meant was, that we...
Rabbi Ozer Glickman Z”L: An Unusual and Remarkable Rosh Yeshiva
The untimely and sudden death of Rabbi Ozer Glickman shocked his family, friends, and admirers. A man of multiple interests and talents, his loss will be felt most acutely by his beloved family,...
Aliyah: Personal, Complex… and Wonderful
My desire to make aliyah evolved over time. I always wanted to want to make aliyah, I just didn’t actually want to. In addition, other values like love of Torah, commitment to halakha, passion...
Rupture, Reconstruction, and Revolution: Dr. Haym Soloveitchik’s Landmark Essay on the Contemporary State of Orthodoxy
During my years of study at Yeshivat Har Etzion, I once had the pleasure of sitting with Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l and Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein for a Friday night dinner. While much of...
Libi Ba-Mizrach and the Delicate Dance of Our Lived Reality
On one level, the question of balancing responsibilities to one’s own community versus those to the State of Israel is part of a larger canvas of how one balances conflicting responsibilities. The question of...
Flames of Faith: A Review of an Introduction to Chassidic Thought for the American Jew
I - Introduction[1] There is a Hassidic story in which the founder of the Hassidic movement,[2] Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov, met the Messiah and asked when he would come. The Messiah responded, “when...
The Challenges of Long-Distance Zionism
1. The need for balance regarding communal responsibilities in the Diaspora with meaningful expressions of religious Zionism is evident in many areas, prominently including decisions about voting and charitable donations. Regarding voting, the American...
Davening—It’s a Trip!
To daven in the morning is to take a trip with a variety of sites along the way. Why experience it this way? I’ve found, after decades of wanting to focus on what...
Symposium: Addressing Contemporary Struggles with Prayer
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of new editions of siddurim (with innovative commentaries) for holiday, weekday, and Shabbat prayers. Moreover, new forms or styles of prayer services have become more popular...
Can Prayer be Meaningful? Feeling the Presence of God
Tefillah presents, for me, the most formidable challenge I face as someone trying to be a responsible and committed Jew. The sheer repetitive nature of the required text - three times a day, at...
