Oedipal Fathers and Wicked Sons
Zachary Truboff •
10 min readModern life has often been defined by its need to reject the past in favor of a bold new future. In response, those embodying tradition have reacted in a coercive and authoritarian manner. This tension is at the heart of many of the conflicts
Shavuot: All You Need Is Love?
Zachary Truboff •
8 min readCan receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai really be a moment of both fear and love, coercion and freedom?
Rav Shagar: Studying Torah as a Quest for God
Ari Ze’ev Schwartz and Levi Morrow •
15 min readRav Shagar believed that Torah study should be a spiritual and meaningful experience, one that transforms the student's life.