Shlomo Zuckier’s recent Tradition essay traces the wide-ranging literary “afterlife” of R. Aharon Lichtenstein’s “Does Jewish Tradition Recognize an Ethic Independent of Halakha?” In a recent response Natan Levin engages Zuckier’s analysis through the lens of the famous debate between R. Lichtenstein and Reform theologian Eugene Borowitz.

Eli Rubin's “Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity” (Stanford University Press) presents a groundbreaking study of Chabad Hasidism. Through close readings of primary texts, historical analysis, and engagement with modern philosophy, Rubin, a scholar and Chabad insider, traces the historical evolution of the movement’s theology. Todd Berman shows that the result is an indispensable work for anyone wanting to better understand Chabad's intellectual and historical trajectory.