In this essay, Steve Lipman analyzes reasons Orthodox Jewish people leave Orthodoxy, and how the Orthodox community should (and should not) respond. thelehrhaus.com/commentary/an-…

Enjoy this week's Lehrhaus Over Shabbat for Parashat Vayehi featuring pieces by Ethan Schwartz, Steve Lipman, and Dena Rock. thelehrhaus.com/download/los-v…

In honor of the yahrtzeits of Rabbis Jonathan Sacks and Abraham Joshua Heschel, we present Steven Gotlib's study of Rabbi Sacks's complicated engagement with the scholarship and religious worldview of Rabbi Heschel. thelehrhaus.com/commentary/agg…

Enjoy this week's Lehrhaus Over Shabbat for Parashat Shemot featuring pices by Yosef Lindell and Steven Gotlib. thelehrhaus.com/download/los-s… Shabbat Shalom!

In our latest piece, Daniel Shlian explores instances of pun usage in Jewish text. thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/hu…

Malka Simkovich compares the narratives of Noah and Lot, and the ways their stories trigger the beginnings of rival nations of Bnei Yisrael. thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/th…

Enjoy this week's Lehrhaus Over Shabbat for Parashat Vaera. Daniel Shlian explores instances of pun usage in Jewish texts, and Malka Simkovich compares the stories of Sodom and the flood. thelehrhaus.com/download/los-v… Shabbat Shalom!

Ari Zivitofsky reflects on the summer of 2024, when IDF police raided the Sde Teiman base as part of an investigation into reports of serious abuse of alleged terrorist detainees. thelehrhaus.com/commentary/the…

The propriety of celebrating the downfall of enemies presents a complex web of questions and seemingly contradictory Jewish texts. Michael Kurin makes sense of this subject and proposes a framework for applying it to matters of Israeli public policy. thelehrhaus.com/commentary/rej…

Enjoy this week's Lehrhaus Over Shabbat for Parashat Bo. Ari Zivitofsky reflects on the events at Sde Teiman, and Michael Kurin proposes a framework for when to celebrate the downfall of enemies. thelehrhaus.com/download/los-b…

In this essay, Thomas P. Balázs considers Edgar Allan Poe as a springboard to consider what makes a life meaningful thelehrhaus.com/jewish-thought…

Yosef Blau and Jonah Winer respond to Ari Zivitofsky's recent article regarding the alleged abuse of Palestinian prisoners at Sde Teiman. thelehrhaus.com/timely-thought…

Book Review: The Devash Jr. Book of Shemot ---- Joshua Ladon reviews the Devash Jr. Book of Shemot. thelehrhaus.com/timely-thought…

Enjoy this week's Lehrhaus Over Shabbat for Parashat Beshalah featuring pieces by Thomas P. Balázs, Yosef Blau, Jonah Winer, and Joshua Ladon. Shabbat Shalom! thelehrhaus.com/download/los-b…

In this essay, Aviva Lauer analyzes the Biblical prohibition against cutting down fruit trees in wartime, and connects it to messages about human dignity. thelehrhaus.com/commentary/tu-…

In this poem, Julian Alper reminisces about the legacy of an old man who used to sit beside him in synagogue. thelehrhaus.com/timely-thought…

Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar tells the story of a funny-yet-poignant experience from when she lived in an Amish community and sought to bring some of her friends to see the ocean. thelehrhaus.com/culture/two-am…

Enjoy this week's Lehrhaus Over Shabbat for Parashat Yitro featuring pieces by Aviva Lauer, Julian Alper, and Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar. thelehrhaus.com/download/los-y…

Is the Kuzari a primary source for an essentialist understanding of Jewish chosenness? He is certainly taken that way by many later authors, but Jackson Gardner presents a new reading of the famous Inyan Ha-Elohi. thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/ha…