In preparation for Shavuot, we invite you to enjoy these articles. | Reading Ruth: Grandfather and Granddaughter | | Writing for Mosaic, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik celebrates Reading Ruth, a commentary on the Book of Ruth authored by Leon Kass and his granddaughter, Hannah Mandelbaum. | | | | | | The Nature of True Friendship | | Writing for The Jewish Week, Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern reflects on Naomi and Ruth's relationship in the Book of Ruth and what it says about the inarticulable nature of friendship itself. | | | | | | Gleaning the Wisdom of Ruth | | Writing for The Lehrhaus, Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern reviews Reading Ruth, a commentary on the Book of Ruth. | | | | | | Friendship in the Fields of Moab | | Writing for The Jewish Review of Books, Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern analyzes the friendship between Ruth and Naomi through the philosophy of C. S. Lewis. | | | | | | Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth | | In this excerpt from Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth, editor Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern looks at how the Book of Ruth offers a framework for thinking about our own history, both national and familial. | | | | | | Writing for Commentary, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik recounts the Israeli bombing of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, which took place on the eve of Shavuot 1981. | | | | | | Writing for The Lehrhaus, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin reviews Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth, edited by Straus Center Senior Program Officer Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern. | | | | | | In this excerpt from Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth, contributor Dr. Ronnie Perelis looks at how outsiders, like Ruth, can bring with them the promise of redemption. | | | | | | In this excerpt from Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth, contributor Rabbi Shalom Carmy dives deeper into the connection between Ruth and David. | | | | | | | | | |
No comments:
Post a Comment