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- 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
- 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?
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- “He Spoke Within a Cloud”: A Nebulous Narrative and its Normative Implications
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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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Issue 7.2: Israel and Zionism
The Har ha-Bayit Dilemma
From my spot in the Beit Midrash at Yeshivat Hakotel, I looked out upon a clear view of Har ha-Bayit each day. I could see the giant, golden dome dominating the mountain, where kohanim and leviim once served, and I gazed out at a mosque where the mizbeah once stood. However, I remained an ... Read more →
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 →
The Missing Mitsvah: Rambam’s Omission of Yishuv Erets Yisrael
Rambam is famous for his love for the land of Israel, but his omission of the mitsvah of yishuv erets yisrael from one of his most important works is glaring. In his Sefer ha-Mitsvot, where he lists the 613 commandments, Rambam leaves out the mitsvah of yishuv erets yisrael, a mitsvah we would ... Read more →
Lessons in Mishnaic Moderation from R. Benny Lau
Reviewed Book: Binyamin Lau, The Sages, Vol. III: The Galilean Period (Jerusalem, Israel: Maggid Books, 2013) The Sages: Part III is the third installment of Binyamin Lau’s fascinating attempt to paint the lives and deeds of Hazal through descriptions found in the oral tradition. The first ... Read more →
Interview with R. Yosef Blau: Religious Zionism Today
R. Blau serves as a Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS, and is the senior Mashgiach Ruchani at both Yeshiva and Stern colleges. R. Blau is also the current president of the Religious Zionists of America, the American branch of the World Mizrachi movement. AS: What does being a religious Zionist mean to you? ... Read more →
Jerusalem: A City Which Turns to Gold
Jerusalem is considered a sacred city by members of Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Its history is rich, filled with ancient artifacts from all eras and cultures. Jerusalem is the epicenter of multiculturalism. However, it has also been the sight of destruction for thousands of years, a ... Read more →
Editor’s Thoughts: Old-New Land: Israel’s Intertwined Past and Present