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Vashti: Feminist or Foe?

Tzvi Sinensky

Mar 8, 2019 • 1 min read

Another Purim piece, this time placing the midrashic and feminist readings of Vashti's character alongside one another.

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The Utilitarian Case for Torah u-Madda

It has become fashionable to say that Torah u-Madda has fallen out of fashion. In this environment, Lawrence Grossman’s recent essay title “The Rise and Fall of Torah U’Madda”[1] comes as no surprise; after all, decades earlier, R. Jonathan Sacks had already noted that “Torah im derekh

Tzvi Sinensky Mar 29, 2022 • 15 min read

Lo Yilbash and Gender Difference: A Rejoinder to Moshe Kurtz

Moshe Kurtz is a passionate scholar who deserves credit for being unafraid to publish an essay weighing in on a sensitive contemporary subject. Kurtz, however, fails to demonstrate that lo yilbash provides an adequate foundation upon which to construct Torah-based opposition to contemporary gender-neutral trends.[1] Kurtz’s argument runs

Tzvi Sinensky Mar 16, 2022 • 15 min read

How to Make Decisions in a Pandemic

Throughout much of the pandemic, there was a strong consensus within the Modern Orthodox community as we parted ways from the lax attitudes pervasive among our brethren in other segments of Orthodoxy. Notwithstanding the dark Spring of 2020, our swift and dramatic response gave us a sense of pride that

Tzvi Sinensky Feb 8, 2022 • 4 min read

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