Although Rav Soloveitchik was well aware of the events of his day and of important events from both the Jewish past and from the broader history of the world, he evinced little interest, at least in his· published works ...

1li 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz provides us with.a most important opportunity to explore the issue of Holocaust ·memory and Holocaust commemoration. As time passes, and as the survivors pass on to ...

Discussions of transformations—or lack thereof—in Jewish-Christian polemic in the High Middle Ages traditionally begin with reference to Amos Funkenstein’s 1968 article in Zion, which then appeared in abridged form in ...

It has always been assumed that there is no need for students of ancient Hebrew—let alone students of Proto-Canaanite—to concern themselves with post-talmudic Hebrew1. That assumption, however, is shown to be incorrect by ...

For now, however, I point out the sophistication with which the Israeli religious Right has transformed the Zionist menorah. No longer a metaphor to be “returned,” the arch menorah is now a cipher for the messianic community ...

The need to take care of ourselves before others applies here. Only when we are cared for in a basic way can we successfully care for our spouses and family. Think of this as a derivative of the mantra we hear on every ...

In this paper I would like to open a new aspect of this fertile division within Jewish learning by exploring its exegetical manifestations, i.e., how the opposing theological positions generated opposing interpretations ...

It is my hope that the teachings of the Rav presented here will elucidate the Kinot as well as many of the themes central to Tish'ah be-Av as a whole. May this book be a worthy and appro­priate memorial tribute for the ...

*בשבח והודאה להשי״ת שמחים אנו להעלות על שלחן מלכים, מאן מלכי רבנן, שלשה ספרים חשובים שנדפסו סמוך לשנת ת״ק על נושאי מטבע התפלה וכללי דקדוק השייכים יקרי המציאות, ואלו □ לו. זח הרבה שנים אזלו מן השוק והיו כה נדירים עד שבימינו ...