The month of Elul.

In today’s world, all men of faith are lonely.

And why does Judaism need so many?

A rabbi’s reflections.

Setting an example of the Jewish commitment to both the universal and the covenantal.

Jews never shunned artistic depictions of reality.

Modern Orthodoxy vs. humility.

Breaking down the wall.

The Last Rabbi.

Ben-Gurion, Strauss, and Soloveitchik.

Some rabbis have treated God like a petulant member of the Knesset.

Holding out for a Hall-of-Famer.

From Hermann Cohen to Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

In this week’s Torah reading, God feeds the people quail “until it comes out of their noses.”