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A Veteran Educator Comments on the Transformation of American Orthodoxy
An interview with Yosef Blau.
American Judaism
Latest Mosaic Content for American Judaism
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Thoughts of a Rabbi Addressing His President
And video of the first rabbi to give an inauguration prayer.
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To Solve the Rabbi Shortage, Start with Synagogues and Schools
“We cannot innovate our way out of this problem.”
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A Requiem for a Day School
A storied Conservative institution goes Orthodox.
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Moses Feinstein’s Idiosyncratic Patriotism and Pluralism
“Even the hippies will remain until the coming of the messiah!”
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Across the Denominations, American Jews Have Long Agreed about the Prayer for the Government
Not supplicants, but citizens.
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A Rabbi Wonders if Jews Sacrificed Their Sense of Peoplehood on the Altar of Universalism
“Direct your hearts and your eyes towards your people!”
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The Death of a Synagogue
How to shutter a congregation with grace.
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A New Book Laments American Jewish Success and Commitment to Israel
Tablets Shattered.
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A New Vision of Reform Judaism for the 21st Century
Today’s Jews need not freedom, but guidance.
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The Rise of Denominational Judaism in America
Pragmatism, egalitarianism, and Orthodox congregationalism.
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In America, Even Believers Are Worshipping Less
But the glass is half full.
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A Veteran Rabbi’s Vocal Defense of Religion, America, and Israel
Fighting the “clay-pigeon model of religious life.”
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American Jews Overwhelmingly Support Israel, but an Increasing Number of Young Rabbis Don’t
A brewing crisis at the Conservative and Reform seminaries.
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Halftime Torah for Haredi Football Fans
“Watch the Super Bowl with your family,” one rabbi advises.
Monthly Essay ·
The Very Model of a New York Intellectual
By Ruth R. WisseAbraham Cahan was one of America's first great Jewish newspapermen, and set an example of independent thinking that the nation could sorely use today.
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In the Age of Zoom, Synagogues Can Be a Bastion of Human Interaction
Online prayer will never match the power of in-person worship.
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Remembering David Ellenson’s Reform Zionist Theology
“In those moments my spirit, moved me instinctively to thank God for the sanctification of life the Jewish state embodies.”
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Coming from Messianism to Judaism in Show Low, Arizona
The story of a small congregation of converts.
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Reports of the Death of the Synagogue Have Been Highly Exaggerated
But the problems are real, and need new solutions.
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American Orthodoxy Has Grown More Stringent in Some Ways, More Liberal in Others
Peanut oil and the bat mitzvah.
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The Challenges Facing American Jewry at the End of the Century—25 Years Later
The rise of the “nones” and the value of freedom of expression.
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Orthodox Jews’ Principled Case against Anti-Religious Discrimination
More than a practical campaign to reduce the costs of education.
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How the Economics of Observance Work against Kosher Restaurants
Yet customers will keep coming back.
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Satmar Hasidism and the Future of Religious Freedom in the U.S.
An alternative to liberalism that flourishes because of it.
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Reform Judaism Will Lose Its Soul if It Forsakes Its Commitment to Jewish Peoplehood and Zionism
Tikkun olam divorced from particularism is not Jewish universalism; it is just universalism.
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Inside America’s Biggest Teen Bible Contest
About whom is it said: “A hairy man with a leather belt tied around his waist”?
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The Riches of Jewish Practice Can More Than Compete with the Marketplace of Secular Alternatives
Mitzvot and the aspiration to perform them abound in the souls of American Jews.
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Can Liberal Judaism Recover Its Sense of Obligation?
Choosing to feel commanded.
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Three Decades after His Death, Joseph Soloveitchik’s Writings Are a Reminder That Judaism Can Weather Any Intellectual Challenge
The man of faith who told Jews they need not be lonely.