Orthodoxy
Orthodox Jews on Instagram have become obsessed with baking key-shaped challah. Is the idea derived from a decidedly non-Orthodox source?
With the Days of Awe just on the horizon, we rebroadcast a fascinating conversation about the nature of the Jewish Orthodox community and the human capacity for change.
A new hasidic art gallery grows in Brooklyn and is already bucking stereotypes. Can it survive, and what does it suggest about contemporary Orthodox life?
Maury Litwack’s campaign to rescue America’s non-public schools and solve the Jewish community’s tuition crisis.
The historian brothers join us to talk about their Jewish upbringing, and the different paths they took away from the Conservative Judaism of their parents.
Moshe Koppel’s new book Judaism Straight Up looks at today’s progressive and traditional moral psychologies and finds one wanting.
When the established rabbis go silent, others, including civic-minded philanthropists and charismatic outsiders with inflammatory social-media presences, fill the void.
We ought not turn a blind eye to the degradation of our moral climate in exchange for parochial political interests.
Some reflections on solitary prayer and mixed-sex seating.
Waving away the mountain to focus on the pebble.
Daf yomi.
From malicious press coverage to statements by Mayor Bloomberg to low-grade violence.
Some back-of-the-envelope sociology of American Jewry.
The strengths and weaknesses of a recent study.