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How the Western Wall Became a Place of Jewish Worship

Thanks in part to a 16th-century earthquake.

Nadav Shragai
Aug. 12 2020 12:01AM

A Highly Original Work Looks at the Pentateuch with the Sensibilities of the Psalms

After Adam.

Michal Leibowitz
June 8 2020 12:01AM

An Apocryphal Book Highlights the Connection between the Binding of Isaac and the Exodus

Satan at the seder.

Stuart Halpern
April 8 2020 12:01AM

The Overlooked Third Son of Adam and Eve

An argument against original sin.

Elie Wiesel
Dec. 10 2019 12:01AM

The Sin of Sodom through Rabbinic Eyes

Where cruelty was encouraged and compassion punished.

Helen Plotkin
Nov. 15 2019 12:01AM

What’s an Orthodox Jew to Do about Modern Bible Scholarship?

The strengths and weaknesses of a recent study.

Ysoscher Katz
Nov. 6 2019 12:01AM

What Rabbinic Commentaries Reveal about the Fate of Abraham’s Son

Isaac unbound.

David Gottlieb
Sept. 27 2019 12:01AM

Taking the Greatest Jewish Commentary on the Torah Seriously

Rashi, theologian.

Eric Lawee
July 12 2019 12:01AM

Is It a Sin to Elicit Donations Through Social Coercion?

The ends don’t justify the means.

Shlomo Zuckier
March 26 2019 12:01AM

Were Ancient Rabbis as Focused on Bible Interpretation as We Think They Were?

A new book argues that they weren’t, at least at first.

Yitz Landes
March 19 2019 12:01AM

The Torah’s Prophecy of Jewish-Muslim Reconciliation

Isaac, Ishmael, . . . and Fatimah.

Jonathan Sacks
Nov. 2 2018 12:01AM

Divine Judgment and Divine Magnanimity during the Days of Awe

God prays that His own mercy will triumph.

Akiva Mattenson
Sept. 4 2018 12:01AM

The Dead Sea Scrolls Turn 70

What have they taught us?

Lawrence Schiffman
Nov. 2 2017 12:01AM

God’s Name Is to Be Understood Theologically, Not Philosophically

The God that is or the God that becomes?

James A. Diamond
Jan. 27 2017 12:01AM
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