January 5, 2025

REVIEW: Reclaiming Redemption

Moshe Taragin’s “Reclaiming Redemption” (Mosaica) explores the contemporary Jewish nation that has emerged “from the tunnel of history”—a people who are no longer bystanders or objects, but actors on the world stage. In this new existence, redemption, once an abstract concept, now looks very real and practical. Elie Weissman reviews…
January 2, 2025

Unpacking the Iggerot: R. Moshe’s Messiah Mentality

Is it enough to believe that the Messiah “might” arrive soon? In this installment of "Unpacking the Iggerot," Moshe Kurtz provides us with a selection of stories and halakhic rulings that reveal R. Moshe Feinstein’s unique approach to living with a Messiah Mentality.
December 30, 2024

Alt+SHIFT: The Triple Thread of Religious Zionism

Yair Sheleg, a respected journalist and author, has penned an important Hebrew book, tracing historically important developments in the Religious Zionist world and questioning its future directions. In English the book might be called “The Triple Thread,” and Yitzchak Blau reviews Sheleg’s assessment of how the combination of the three values of religion, nationalism, and humanism are or are not properly balanced by the community today.
December 27, 2024

“Home” for the Holiday

Hanukka’s requirement of “ner ish u-beyto” makes the candle-lighting mitzva a house-bound one. Avraham Stav, who wrote this dispatch last Hanukka from the Gaza border, asked how myriad Israeli soldiers dwelling in the field, and those Israelis displaced from their homes, help us reevaluate and expand the meaning of “bayit” as we light our candles.