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In “Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner’s Theology of Meaning” (Brill), Alon Shalev offers the first critical, systematic study of R. Hutner’s thought, pairing rigorous biography with a bold reconstruction of the Pahad Yitzhak’s “intellectual infrastructure.” Alex Ozar shows that while some comparative claims invite debate, Shalev’s work marks a vital scholarly advance, illuminating R. Hut...


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Sharp, prescient, and unsettlingly relevant, David Glatt revisits an essay by David Foster Wallace to probe the tyranny of irony in screen culture. What Wallace saw in 1993 we now inhabit fully in our online lives. This entry in “The BEST” asks what cynicism is doing to our art, our faith, and our capacity for sincerity—and whether we can recover a more serious, value-driven ...


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TRADITION was saddened by the news of David Singer’s passing last week. An infrequent but provocative contributor to our pages, Singer z”l authored essays still worthy of our attention due to his talent as an extremely insightful, if often critical, observer of his own Modern Orthodox community.

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When world-shattering news breaks in Israel on Shabbat, even the most observant remain attentive through special alert systems or halakhically-approved use of other devices.  But what’s appropriate for Jews whose hearts may be in the east but who are safe and sound in the west? Noah Cheses explores how and when rabbis should share tragic news on Shabbat, drawing on bibli...


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