Rami Schwartz reviews R. Nachum Rabinovitch’s “Pathways to God” (Maggid Books), focusing on the author’s understanding of the religious significance of the State of Israel, and highlights R. Rabinovich’s rejection of messianic certainty and his denial of intrinsic religious value to Jewish sovereignty. Rather, he framed the State as an halakhic opportunity to realize the Torah’s social and national aims, while emphasizing human responsibility, prudence in interpreting history, and full participation in the public burden.

Mervin F. Verbit revisits Norman Frimer’s prescient 1967 analysis of the Jewish campus experience, tracing how radical individualism, multiculturalism, and resurgent antisemitism continue to challenge Jewish identity today. Blending sociology, history, and communal insight, it asks how Jewish education can prepare students to engage the modern university without losing depth, confidence, or conviction.

Hayyim Angel reviews an annotated translation of Rabbi Yaʿaqob Anatoli’s “Malmad HaTalmidim” (Da‘at Press), a key Provencal work at the heart of the Maimonidean Controversy. Through careful translation and extensive notes, the volume revives a medieval Geonic-Andalusian vision of an intense commitment to Torah enriched by philosophy, science, and disciplined intellectual inquiry.