Articles
A Modern Orthodox Approach to Interfaith Dialogue
In 1964, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Soloveitchik (the Rav), the formative intellectual leader of postwar American Modern Orthodoxy, wrote that Jewish-Christian interfaith relations "must be outer-directed and related to the secular orders with which men of faith come face to face.
Award for Rabbi M. Angel's Book: Maimonides, Spinoza and Us
Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism
by
Rabbi Marc D. Angel
has been selected as a finalist of the
2009 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD
in the category of
Scholarship
Machanaim: The Search for a Spiritual Revival of Judaism among Russian Jews
After the Six Day War there was a considerable renewal of interest in Israel throughout the world. At the same time, a Jewish national revival began in the USSR. Jewish identity started to acquire a new shape. Soviet Jews always had a distinct identity, but in many cases it was a "negative" one, caused by discrimination and persecution. Many people started investigating their Jewishness, learning Hebrew and thinking about going to Israel. But still more primary was the total rejection of the Soviet system, its regime, ideology, and values.
Orthodox Singles: Breaking Myths
I'm smart, successful at my career, and fun to be with. I've worked out many of my "issues" in therapy. Here I am, eminently eligible and ready for a relationship, but somehow all of the guys I meet just aren't there yet.
The Virtual Parent
It is hard to be a parent in today’s modern world. And it is harder to be a Jewish parent.
In the Synagogue: Navigating Between Halakha and Women's Participation
In the spring of 2003, a handful of young people in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who regularly attended the only Orthodox minyan in town, were looking for a change.