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A Jewish Theology of Resurrection
Does Judaism need a theology of Christianity? The usual answer is no: Whereas without Jews and Judaism there is no Jesus—both historically and theologically—the reverse does not hold. And...
Let Yeshiva Be Yeshiva
A little over fifty years ago, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the revered Talmudist and theologian, saw ghosts at his beloved Yeshiva University. In 1970, the rabbi publicly shared his...
Alice von Hildebrand, Woman of Valor
Those who knew Alice von Hildebrand (“Lily” to her family and friends) could be forgiven for thinking she might outlive—possibly by a wide mark—the ninety-nine years given to her...
Mere Judaism
Judaism Straight Up:Why Real Religion Enduresby moshe koppel maggid books, 218 pages, $24.95 Seventy years ago, the European émigré Chaim Grade (pronounced “GRAH-deh”) published a short story that would...
Remembering Rabbi Lord Sacks (1948–2020)
Not very long ago, theologians could be found on the covers of popular magazines or regularly broadcasting on the radio—lending their voices to various causes, leveraging spiritual gravitas and...
The Rav
Twenty-five years ago this past April (20 Nisan 5753), thousands of Jews, their affiliations ranging across and beyond denominational lines, boarded buses for the Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts....
