November 17, 2024

REVIEW: Articles of Faith

If we don’t knee-jerk our way through life, we can find ourselves without a clear and obvious ideological home. Gil Student’s “Articles of Faith” (Kodesh Press) reminds us we are not alone, shows examples of how to think through thorny issues of our day, and beckons us to remember truth is found by careful and judicious search. Gidon Rothstein reviews…
November 14, 2024

Unpacking the Iggerot: Appliances and Affluence

The kashrut status of dishwashers and the propriety of Bat Mitzva ceremonies have absolutely nothing to do with each other, right? Ostensibly, that may be true. But, Moshe Kurtz digs below the surface to identify the common theme that emerges from this odd pairing of topics addressed by R. Moshe Feinstein in a short, yet iconic responsum.
November 12, 2024

RESPONSE: Peeking Through the Slaughterhouse Window

Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber responds to a recent review of his book “Vegetarianism, Ecology, and Business Ethics” (Urim Publications). Having seen abattoirs up close he defends his critique of contemporary kosher slaughter standards against the critique of his reviewers.
November 10, 2024

PODCAST: Maimonides as Rabbi and Philosopher

Writing for TRADITION, Menachem Kellner recently reviewed ArtScroll’s new anthology of Maimonidean philosophy, “Kisvei HaRambam: Writings of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon,” and profiled “The Guide to the Perplexed: A New Translation” (Stanford University Press). With some critical reservations in place, in this podcast with Jeffrey Saks he applauds ArtScroll for a new openness to exposing its readers to Maimonides the philosopher, and praises the new translation of the Guide as an important corrective to earlier works that occluded the fact that “Rambam was also a rabbi”!
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