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In this book, Marta T. Topel utilizes anthropological research to analyze both macro and micro social processes among secular and...

Judaism, Science, and Moral Responsibility is the fourteenth conference volume in the Orthodox Forum Series. Current scientific and moral trends...

For millennia, two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men as an act so abhorrent that it...

Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion the author addresses a range of issues including: What...

Elijah ben Solomon, the "Genius of Vilna,” was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This...

Professor Jay Ladin made headlines around the world when, after years of teaching literature at Yeshiva University, he returned to...

'The Jewish people in its very being constitutes a living protest against a world of hatred, violence and war'Emeritus Chief...

This is a narrative ethnography, in journal form, documenting the life of a small Orthodox Jewish congregation on the Lower...

This book is a friendly, engaging explanations of the traditions and lifestyles of Orthodox Jews. Informative for both Jews and...

This book examines legal opinions from nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox rabbis on what constitutes legitimate conversion to Judaism and argues...

At first glance, Orthodox Judaism may not seem compatible with the prevailing world view of egalitarianism, regardless of race, gender...

For five decades prior to his death in 1993, Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik was the unchallenged leader of modern Orthodox...

Despite its outwardly static and traditional appearance, the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) world is engaged in a constant cultural dialogue with modernity....

One of the cornerstones of the religious Jewish experience in all its variations is Torah study, and this learning is...

Judaism is primarily a religion of actions rather than beliefs. When the Jewish people accepted God's covenant, they committed themselves...

Via a participant-observer approach, Synagogue Life analyzes the three essential dimensions of synagogue life: the houses of prayer, study, and...

Mordecai M. Kaplan, founder of the Jewish Reconstructionist movement, is the only rabbi to have been excommunicated by the Orthodox...

In this study, Milligan uses an interdisciplinary ethnographic approach to consider the lived religious cultural experiences of Orthodox Jewish women...

Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion come from? This book traces...

Doubly Chosen provides the first detailed study of a unique cultural and religious phenomenon in post-Stalinist RussiaÂthe conversion of thousands...