Esther: A Tale of Jewish Nationism
Esther's self-sacrifice for the sake of the Jewish People was not an act of altruism,...
Chanukah: A Feminine Festival
We all have two faces: the public and the private. The trouble begins when the borders...
Duties of the Heart: Being “Someone” Before God
While we might be distant from the pagan evils of objectifying God, we sometimes fall...
From Tragedy to Jubilation: A Matter of Relationship
Our mourning on the day of Tisha Be'Av relates to the relationship between us and...
Pesach: Finding Faith At Home
Seder night teaches us the foundations of our faith, but its study does not take...
Shavuot and the Multicultural Threat
The violence that has flared up between Arabs and Jews in Israel is symptomatic of...
“No Less Than a Thousand!” Purim and the Shnorr Culture
The custom of sending yeshiva students to collect charity during the month of Adar can...
Independence in Black and White: On Charedim and Jewish Nationalism
For decades, Charedi society denied the significance of the State of Israel and advocated isolationism....
A Conflict of Holocaust Narratives: Memorial in Charedi Society
A great chasm separates between Holocaust awareness among general Israeli society and that of Charedi...
Festival of Freedom? Between Liberty and Duty on Pesach
Seder Night presents us with something of a contradiction. On the one hand, we vividly...