Gaza Awakenings: The Liberal Dream
The Simchat Torah massacre challenges the foundations of the liberal worldview. It calls upon us...
Charedi Awakenings: Taking a Leaf Out of Em HaBanim Semeicha
We returned to our homeland, the only one we have, yet we chose to withdraw...
Rabbinic Responses to the Simchat Torah Calamity
Soul-searching after the calamity of Simchat Torah should focus on the national rather than the...
A Time For Question Marks
The events of Simchat Torah, 5784, do not call for conventional soul-seeking. Above all, they...
What Was Is Not What Will Be
The pain we suffer calls us to prepare for our destiny. We must recognize the...
Thoughts on Destruction and Unity
Destruction and calamity teach us to live together and overcome the baseless hatred within.
The Gaza War: Fighting with Faith
The fault of attributing our success to “my power and the might of my hand”...
Making Sense Common Again
Defenders of the faith, old (Charedim) and new (liberals), are often guilty of acting outside...
A Ballad for the High Holy Days
Between the trepidation of the Lithuanian yeshiva, the communal spirit of the Moroccan tradition, and...
We All Share the Stain
The systematic support given by Meir Porush to Eliezer Berland is not merely a personal...
