Joseph B. Soloveitchik

When One of America’s Leading Non-Hasidic Rabbis Praised the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Two men with much in common.

Joseph B. Soloveitchik
July 28 2021 12:01AM

How One of Judaism’s Oldest Prayers Is Meant to Turn People into Conduits for Divine Love

The priestly benediction.

Yitz Greenberg
May 21 2021 12:01AM

American Jewish Thought Is Incredibly Rich. But Can It Succeed Without a Shared Sense of Commandedness?

“You should” will never be as compelling as “you must.”

David Wolpe
April 20 2021 12:01AM

Podcast: Jacob J. Schacter on Joseph B. Soloveitchik and the State of Israel

The noted scholar joins our podcast to analyze an important speech Soloveitchik gave on the eve of the Suez Crisis, deriving meaning for the circumstance from the Bible’s Song of Songs.

Jacob J. Schacter and Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic
April 2 2021 12:01AM

Understanding the Complex Thought of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik

Law, Zionism, and imitation of God.

Shalom Carmy
March 11 2021 12:01AM

The Two Men Who Helped Revive Orthodox Jewish Thought in America

The Fox and the Lamm.

Zev Eleff
Feb. 4 2021 12:01AM

In Attending to Its Oldest and Youngest Members, Israel Chooses Life

A country that expresses reverence for those who come before will seek its own perpetuation.

Meir Soloveichik
Jan. 26 2021 12:01AM

The Philosophical, Ethical, and Political Meaning of Abraham’s Near-Sacrifice of His Son

Isaac unbound.

Aaron Koller and Alex Ozar
Nov. 6 2020 12:01AM

In Commanding Us to Become Prophets, the Torah Demands That We Cultivate Our Ethical Sensibilities

To be morally responsible, we must commit to the good in advance of grasping its requirements in full.

Alex Ozar
Aug. 31 2020 12:01AM

A Great Jewish Sage’s Sermon on the Six-Day War and the Jews’ Return to History

“A time of greatness.”

Joseph B. Soloveitchik
June 26 2020 12:01AM

Even When They Are Apart, Jews Are Never Alone

Sermons in solitude.

Meir Soloveichik
April 22 2020 12:01AM

In Their Interpretations of the Exodus Story, a Great Rabbi and His Great-Grandson Offered Two Opposing Conceptions of Jewish History

A tale of two Josephs.

David Curwin
April 7 2020 12:01AM

Richard Holbrooke, Self-Knowledge, and the Jewish Idea of Repentance

When “To thine own self be true” is bad advice.

Shalom Carmy
Dec. 18 2019 12:01AM

A Supposed Letter from Joseph B. Soloveitchik Praising Meir Kahane Is a Fake

A misspelled signature and an uncharacteristic rebuke.

Mosheh Lichtenstein
Dec. 5 2019 12:01AM
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