Scholarship

Chesky Kopel looks at the various tellings and retellings of the controversial deal that Rudolph Kastner made with Nazi leadership in Budapest and argues that they represent a modern-day Midrashic presentation of the history.

Chesky Kopel analyzes an early Zionist text to give insight into Jewish reactions to the Armenian genocide.

When Synagogues Reopen, May the Congregation Permit a Bar Mitzvah Boy to Make Up His Torah Reading? Moshe Kurtz weighs in.

Shlomo Zuckier explores some surprising connections between the Talmud and the field of behavioral economics.

In his latest for Lehrhaus, Steven Gotlib considers Neo-Hasidism’s continued inroads into Orthodox thought and practice in his review of Contemporary Uses and Forms of Hasidut, the Orthodox Forum volume edited by Shlomo Zuckier.

Tzvi Sinensky explores the hidden world of Esther with the help of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Mitchell First explains the difference in the wording of the tenth commandment in Exodus and Deutoronomy in light of a grammatical insight by Benno Jacob.

Alex Ozar offers an in-depth reading of Eglah Arufah against the backdrop of current events.

Yosef Lindell tracks the Staff of Moses throughout its amazing "life".

Natan Levin examines King David’s character through a close reading of his narratives in the Book of Samuel.