March 10, 2025
What did R. Samson Raphael Hirsch think of Jewish distinctiveness? Did he believe there is a distinctive biological propensity for superior spiritual potential? Moshe Y. Miller, in responding to a recent review of his new book on Hirsch’s religious universalism, does some explaining.
March 5, 2025
With Purim a week away, Chaim Strauchler questions the number of weak-ties in our Jewish communities and what they say about Purims past and future.
March 3, 2025
Mali Brofsky and Mark Smilowitz discuss the central thesis of his recent essay, “Esther and the Spies: A Bible-Based Symbolic Meaning of Walled Cities from the Time of Joshua” (Fall 2024). The two explore its timely Purim message and its claims regarding faith and meaning, and how it can serve as a source of support during the great challenges facing us today.
February 27, 2025
R. Feinstein issued a surprising series of lenient rulings vis-a-vis the question of smoking. Moshe Kurtz, in this week’s edition of Unpacking the Iggerot, asks: What would he say today? The answer is not as clear as some might think.
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