The Curious Jew

One of the statements Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik makes that I find most profound is found in Halakhic Man , pages 93-94: The Halakhah, h...

Recently, Dr. David Bryfman proposed that the purpose of Jewish education ought to be to empower people to "thrive in today's worl...

I tend to be highly self-critical. My focus is on what is flawed, what can be improved, and the ways in which we can grow based on what did ...

"And why is it" asked Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, "that such a big deal is made of the Mishkan? There will never be a Mishkan again...

I read How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough over the weekend. It was a good book, even if ...

I read Chovos HaTalmidim , otherwise known as A Student's Obligation a while back (in English, of course. The translator was Micha Od...