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Joshua Berman

Latest Mosaic Content for Joshua Berman

  1. Response ·

    The Crisis in Jewish Law Today

    Orthodox rabbis need to stop worrying about 200-year-old battles with “Reformers” and allow Jewish law to develop organically, as it always did in the past.

    The Crisis in Jewish Law Today
  2. Response ·

    The Paths Not Taken

    By Chaim Saiman

    There have been two moments in the last 150 years when the assumptions behind Jewish law seemed poised to change. Nothing happened. Is today different?

    The Paths Not Taken
  3. Response ·

    The Art of “Halakhah”

    By Gil Student

    Why Jewish law is more a set of guidelines than of rules.

    The Art of “Halakhah”
  4. Monthly Essay ·

    What Is This Thing Called Law?

    By Joshua Berman

    The Jewish Legal Tradition and Its Discontents

    What Is This Thing Called Law?