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The Satmar Rebbe and His English Principal: Reflections on the Struggle to Build Yiddishkeit in America

For over half a century Rabbi Hertz Frankel, a college-educated Agudist product of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, has been the bridge…

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Rashi: The Magic and the Mystery

If anyone thought that studying Rashi’s commentary to Chumash was a simple task, this book will quickly disabuse him of…

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Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History (JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought)

But what distinguishes “Modern Orthodoxy” from Orthodoxy? Is it a movement or is it merely “the other”—the Orthodoxy that is…

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Seminary Savvy: Every Girl’s Guide to a Successful, Safe, and Satisfying Experience—in Seminary & Beyond

A running theme in the book is the “fifth volume of the Shulchan Aruch: common sense;” the authors implore young…

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When God is Near: On the High Holidays

We must take responsibility for the world in which we live, and universal concerns such as the eroding ozone layer…

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Torah and Western Thought: Intellectual Portraits of Orthodoxy and Modernity

Though the editors seem bent on avoiding the term “Modern Orthodoxy” either in the title or anywhere else in the…

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Review: Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence

I don’t think there is any one on the Jewish scene today who combines the breadth, creativity, insight and eloquence…

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The Koren Tehillim

As people of religious spirit, we look to Tehillim to help us overcome the hardships of life as well as…

HISTORY

Building Orthodox Judaism in America: The Life and Legacy of Harold M. Jacobs

The story is told of a visitor to the Netherlands who was given a lengthy tour of that nation’s extensive…

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Review Essay The Living Tree: Studies in Modern Orthodoxy

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin has a remarkable record of achievement. His ability to inspire and to evoke the deepest emotions combined…

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The Koren Mahzor for Yom Haatzma’ut and Yom Yerushalayim

There is a long and not especially successful history of attempts to popularize a Yom Ha’atzmaut machzor for the English-speaking…

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