July 20, 2023

BOOK REVIEW: Contemporary Uses and Forms of Hasidut (The Orthodox Forum), edited by Shlomo Zuckier

July 20, 2023

REVIEW ESSAY: Karma Ben-Johanan, Jacob’s Younger Brother: Christian-Jewish Relations after Vatican II

July 20, 2023

Alt+SHIFT: On Aggadat HaHurban

In R. Benny Kalmanzon’s “Al Ma Avda haAretz” the recently retired Rosh Yeshiva of Otniel analyzes the aggadot in Gittin about the Second Temple’s destruction and makes an important contribution to the growing world of aggadic study. Yitzchak Blau’s Alt+SHIFT installment suggests the book will enhance one’s understanding and appreciation of these texts in advance of Tisha B’Av.
July 18, 2023

Lonely Man’s Halakhic Philosophy

David Shatz offers an assessment of the significance of Mark Smilowitz’s recent essay, “The Lonely Man of Faith as Halakhic Philosophy” (Spring 2023), now open-access. Shatz says it aids our understanding of the surprising relationship between “Lonely Man” and “Halakhic Mind”—two works, written two decades apart, that initially appear distant, even contradictory, in both method and content.
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