Scholarly writings

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A discussion of the ideas explored in this article is presented in a questions and answers format in my article The Need for Jewish Values. A version of this article was originally published in Conversations 20, 10-36 Introduction In the modern period, several distinguished Jewish and non-Jewish thinkers have denied that there is such a […]

An edited version of this article was published in Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (pp.129-139. Maggid Books) Introduction In an article published in September of 2011[1], Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz revealed that he was often asked, especially by non-believers, whether religious practice can actually make us better human beings. […]