Did Samson Raphael Hirsch seek compromise or synthesis?
Prayer isn’t the same across religions.
Rashi’s reticence and eloquence.
Samson Raphael Hirsch wades into an intra-Christian controversy.
A brief memoir of religious conversion.
The Osirak reactor and Menachem Begin.
Isaac Halevy Herzog’s unwavering conviction that the Torah was given by a benevolent and compassionate God.
Why the Haggadah doesn’t tell the story of the Exodus.
“No one sounds as silly as an atheist.”
On Passover, Jews are commanded to retell the story of the Exodus, but the book they use to do it seems just as focused on food and drink as it is on the story itself. Why?
Appreciating the frugal life in an age of abundance.
Bread—not by our hands alone.
Law, Zionism, and imitation of God.
The dangers of ignoring a medieval tradition.
The most polished writing and
sharpest analysis in the Jewish world.