The Academy for Jewish Religion, where I am on staff, publishes a journal G’vanim that includes a wide variety of articles on Jewish Studies. I have an article on the responsa of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Zirelson. All of the articles can be found here in PDF format. Is the Entire Kotel Plaza Really a Synagogue? [...]
A new issue of Meorot, formerly the Edah Journal and now published by Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, is available. (here) There is an article about women participating in a zimmun and another about selling land to Gentiles in Israel, along with other interesting ones. (hat tip)
In Musaf Shabbat of Makor Rishon, Carmiel Cohen reviewed (Hebrew) a double-issue of Sidra that was devoted to Prof. Aryeh Steinfeld. Cohen wrote at length about two articles that appeared in this issue. The first is by Mordechai Akiva Friedman and is about the possibility that other shofar blowings for Rosh ha-Shannah existed in the [...]
David Wermuth, “Human Rights in Jewish Law: Contemporary Juristic and Rabbinic Conceptions,” in University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 32:4. The article can be downloaded here.
A double-issue of Sidra has recently been published. This special volume is dedicated to Prof. Zvi Aryeh Steinfeld. A full list of the articles can be found here. There seem to be a number of interesting articles.
A new volume of Quntres: An Online Journal for the History, Culture, and Art of the Jewish Book is available here. Here are its contents. Often Overlooked: Examples of Front-matter in Early Hebrew Books Marvin J. Heller Sibling Rivalry: Simultaneous Editions of Hebrew Books Marvin J. Heller In Search of the Editio Princeps of the [...]
The following article is available here for free until Feb. 28. Timothy H. Lim, “The Defilement of the Hands as a Principle Determining the Holiness of Scriptures,” Journal of Theological Studies
Here are some articles (Hebrew) from the new volume of Iyyunim bi-Tekumat Yisrael. (hat tip) -Kimmy Caplan, “‘Hutzpedika Shmutzdikah Giyyoret’: Ha-Parashah shel Nissuei Amram Blau ve-Rut ben-David” (here) -Nissim Leon, “Halakhah ve-Populism be-Yahadut ha-Mizrahit bat Zemaneinu” (here) -Michal Shaul, “Shikum ha-Hevrah ha-Haredit be-Yisrael be-Tzel ha-Shoah” (here)
One of the larger questions related to the current discussion about conversion in Israel is the relationship between Israeli identity and Jewish peoplehood. Decades ago Canaanism called for the creation of a new identity unrelated to Judaism and the Jewish people. While Canaanism may not exist anymore, many Israelis are de facto living according to [...]
Magash Hakesef writes about his recently published article, The Excommunication of Mordechai Kaplan.
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