Do you love to write? Do you have ideas and reflection on Jewish thought that you would like to share and discuss with others? Kol Hamevaser is the Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body. The publication has a distinguished history and an extensive, growing readership across the world, through its print and online editions. It is staffed and edited entirely by YU undergraduate students, and its content includes work on Halakha, philosophy, Tanakh, Jewish art, and reflections and opinions on religious life and policies. As a club on the Wilf and Beren Campuses, Kol Hamevaser also brings in dynamic guest lecturers on various topics of interest in the field of Jewish Thought, conducts discussion groups on notable articles, and coordinates Shabbatonim on and off campus with special guest speakers. The magazine is seeking new staff writers for the 2011-2012 academic year. Staff members are expected to write at least two articles per semester, although all students can, and are encouraged to, submit articles. If you would like to apply, please email [email protected] with an expression of interest and a writing sample. Chana Cooper and Chesky Kopel KHM Editors Shlomo Zuckier, Sarit Bendavid, Ilana Gadish, and Jonathan Ziring Outgoing KHM Editors
Mission: Kol Hamevaser, the Jewish Thought magazine of the Yeshiva University student body, is dedicated to sparking discussion of Jewish issues on the Yeshiva University campus and beyond. The magazine hopes to facilitate the religious and intellectual growth of its readership and serves as a forum for students to express their views on a variety of issues that face the Jewish community. It also provides opportunities for young thinkers to engage Judaism intellectually and creatively, and to mature into confident leaders. Kol Hamevaser is published monthly and its primary contributors are undergraduates, although it includes input from RIETS Roshei Yeshivah, YU professors, and outside figures. In addition to its print magazine, Kol Hamevaser also sponsors special events, speakers, discussion groups, conferences, and shabbatonim. The staff encourages all readers to participate in the discussion and respond in print or online at www.kolhamevaser.com.
The Relationship Between Ahavat Hashem and Ahavat HaGer: A Study of Intended and Unintended Halakhic Consequences
Featuring: Rabbi Aryeh Klapper of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership
Corrupt Societies in Sefer Bereish*t
With Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
Orthodox spaces frequently divide themselves into men's spaces and women's spaces, none more blatantly than the synagogue and its ubiquitious mehitsah. Why is this the case? Zahava Fertig dives in.
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/why-is-there-a-need-to-create-a-divide/
By: Zahava Fertig Every shul has a different type of mehitsah: some shorter, some taller, some prettier, some plainer, some with one sided mirrors, some with slats some all the way up to the ceilin…
Shavua tov! Whether you've been longing to return to Tzfat or if you're bewildered by its existence, Sara Schatz brings the city of mysticism into the spotlight.
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/is-tzfat-part-of-our-mesorah?-an-analysis-of-one-of-the-most-popular-cities-in-israel/
Sifrei kodesh are not exclusively Jewish spaces, argues David Selis.
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/printing,-christian-hebraism,-and-the-changing-nature-of-the-hebrew-book/
What does it mean for the Jewishness of the Hebrew book that one can find translations of the Babylonian Talmud and many other rabbinic texts which do not include the Hebrew and Aramaic original an…
Shayna Herszage examines the multifaceted nature of the focal space of Jewish learning, the beit midrash, from Rabbinic times to the current day.
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/the-beit-midrash:-an-ever-changing-creature/
Since their establishment in Mishnaic times, batei midrash have been spaces not only for Torah-fueled arguments, but also for Torah-fueled interpersonal relationships, friendships that are rooted i…
Can the doctrine of negative attributes apply to spaces as well? Read Noah Marlowe's musings on the subject!
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/non-space-in-halakhah-and-jewish-thought/
Yihud, in turn, represents the paradigmatic form of environmental manipulation to prevent (sexual) sin. And those who keep the laws of yihud, I argue, develop and cultivate a non-yihud space. The…
The Mishkan was an ideal space, right? Rochel Hirsch highlights one view that challenges this assumption.
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/from-be-khol-makom-to-ve-asu-li-mikdash:-seforno-on-the-tabernacle/
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Is Furst Hall an ugly monolith or a powerful symbol of resilience? Is Zysman Hall really meant to look like a mosque? Dr. Jess Olson is our tour guide to explore the meaning in the Wilf Campus' architecture.
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/the-architecture-of-yeshiva-university's-wilf-campus/
As I reiterate to my students each semester as we sit in our Furst classroom and contemplate the vicissitudes of Jewish modernity, it is, in its own unassuming way, another jewel of our campus.
In the editorial, editor-in-chief Reuven Herzog introduces the issue and attempts to construct a model for understanding the boundaries and scope of the "yeshiva-space" of Yeshiva University.
http://kolhamevaser.com/2019/04/03/editors-thoughts:-defining-the-yeshiva-space/
From both a descriptive and prescriptive angle, spaces have inherent qualities and expectations, and before engaging in questions of what is or what ought to be with our yeshiva and our university …
After a long hiatus, Kol Hamevaser's first issue of 5779 is now available!
Read our issue themed on "Space" on www.kolhamevaser.com.
Archive Index Available!To find the article you are looking for, please make use of our index available here: https://tinyurl.com/khm-article-index . It is sortable and searchable by author, title, and issue. In addition, we have begun to incorporate a tag database for our articles. Volume 1 1.1 Rel...
Featuring Rabbi Dr. Shai Held in conversation with Professor Aaron Koller
Thanks to everyone who came out tonight; we had a fantastic time learning about Rabbi/Professor Heschel from two esteemed scholars! The recording from the event will be uploaded shortly.
Thanks to friends in life and learning, Prof. Chaim Saiman and R' Ezra Schwartz, for a fascinating discussion tonight!
While our issue themed on Space is almost ready to hit the shelves, we are looking towards our next issue. So, what do you want to read about, what do you want to write about?
Nominate a theme at this link! tinyurl.com/khm5779
Want to write for us? Want to edit for us? Have an idea on what our next issue's theme should be? Sign up here!
Tza'ar Ba'alei Hayyim and Factory Farming: Understanding the Roles of Legal & Moral Considerations in Psak Halakhah
With Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman of Drisha Institute
Understanding God—Aesthetically Speaking
With Professor Daniel Rynhold
Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 2
With Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll of Chochmat Nashim
Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 1
With Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll of Chochmat Nashim
Machloket L'Shem Shamayim: Rav Shagar on the Multiplicity of Jewish Narratives
With Dr. Eitan Abramovitch of Yeshivat Siach Yitzchak
We are looking for editors!
If you want to join the magazine as an associate editor, please contact Reuven Herzog at [email protected]
The summer is not just an opportunity to relax, it's also a great time to work on writing projects.
If you have an idea you've wanted to explore, an article you just couldn't find time to write during the schoolyear, start it now!
We will be announcing themes for our issues later, but we will accept quality submissions of any topic.
Contact us at [email protected]
Happy writing!
A Jewish Approach to Leisure
With Rabbi Yitzchak Blau of Yeshivat Orayta
Retzon Hashem, Human Experience, and Lomdus: A Philosophic Agenda For The Beis Medrash
With Rabbi Aryeh Klapper of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership
Read our newest issue: Derekh HaLimmud!
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Did you know the Kol Hamevaser shabbaton is this weekend?
If you are going and have written for the journal before, please reach out to Reuven Herzog ([email protected]). See you on Shabbat!
Our newest issue, on Israel and the Diaspora, is online! Check it out at www.kolhamevaser.com
Or get a pdf here: http://www.kolhamevaser.com/wp-conte…/…/2017/04/9.5-web2.pdf
And...next week at the Beren Campus is the Kol Hamevaser-Medical Ethics Society shabbaton. Sign up will be on the OSL website on Sunday evening, and stay tuned for all the awesome details!
Shabbat shalom!
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Latest issue now available on the web! Check out Kol Hamevaser's treatment of Hassidut at www.kolhamevaser.com!
Kol Hamevaser's second issue of the year is on shelves NOW!
Topic - Hassidut
Wilf Campus - On the newspaper racks in Nagel, Rubin, Morg, and Muss; in the Glueck and Zysman batei midrash; at the check-out desks in the Library (2 & 5).
Beren Campus - In the beit midrash; on the newspaper racks in the 215 and 245 lobbies.
Online - shortly!
Kol Hamevaser would like to wish our current Editor-in-Chief a mazal tov on his engagement to last year's Assistant Editor, Elianne Neuman!
Some highlights from last week's debate
http://yucommentator.org/2016/03/preparations-for-purim-include-chesed-laughter/
Students turned up in droves this past purim to help spread the purim joy to those less fortunate. iGive coordinated their annual “Simcha Deliveries on Purim,” a mishloach manot preparation and del…
A huge thanks to our debaters! Tonight's event definitely gave us a lot of food for thought.
The recording of "Is Orthodox Faith Reasonable?" with Dr. Sam Lebens. Enjoy!
Audio: Dr. Sam Lebens - Is Orthodox Faith Reasonable - social audio
We "believe" that this event was a huge success! Thanks to everyone for coming out!
Timeline Photos
Issue 9.2 on Nature live NOW!
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Shmita: Past, Present & Future
The Yeshiva University Museum is hosting a conversation about Shmita with Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon of the Halacha Education Center tomorrow night (Wednesday, November 18th) from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
The panel discussion will explore how shmita impacts the religious and non-relgious, the relevance of shmita for people in and outside Israel, and the vision of shmita for the future. The program complements YUM’s exhibition, Fields of Dreams: Living Shmita in the Modern World, and is Co-Presented with the Orthodox Union (OU).
We have been told that the event is free for YU students.
Check out this year's final issue. Tanakh in the 21st Century!
The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body
God’s Three Keys and the Dialogue between Talmud and Tanakh
By Miriam Pearl Klahr http://www.kolhamevaser.com/2015/05/gods-three-keys-and-the-dialogue-between-talmud-and-tanakh/
“Talmudic text that comments on some verses of Scripture calls in its turn for interpretation. Its intentions are not immediately apparent; its exposition can surprise a novice, and allows for several levels and dimensions of meaning,[i]” wrote the twentieth century French philosopher, Emmanuel Levi…
Tower of Babel: Lessons for Humanity; By Michal Schechter
http://www.kolhamevaser.com/2015/05/tower-of-babel-lessons-for-humanity/
The[i] story of the Tower of Babel has captivated the imagination of generations of scholars and commentators. What is the purpose of this short biblical narrative, which relates the story of a people who came together to build a tower, only to then be dispersed across the earth by God? A simple, cu…
Sefirat HaOmer: Why Are We Counting
By Josh Schilowitz
http://www.kolhamevaser.com/2015/05/sefirat-haomer-why-are-we-counting/
On the second day of Pesah during the times of the Beit HaMikdash, a Kohen offered the Korban HaOmer, a sacrifice of ground barley, and the Jewish nation would subsequently begin the offering’s eponymous count: Sefirat HaOmer. This sacral countdown connected the Korban HaOmer of Pesah to the Shtei…
Final article by editor Dovi Nadel. Reflections of an Unrepentant Tanakh Enthusiast.
http://www.kolhamevaser.com/2015/05/reflections-of-an-unrepentant-tanakh-enthusiast/
R. [i] Simeon b. Eleazar testified on the authority of R. Simeon b. Hanina: He who reads a verse at its proper time brings good to the world, as it is written, “And a word spoken in its proper time, how good is it.”[ii] These days, children’s games have fallen quite far from their heyday in former […
Fresh off the press! Check out our this year's Final Issue of Kol Hamevaser on Tanakh in the 21st Century at http://www.kolhamevaser.com/
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The Relationship Between Ahavat Hashem and Ahavat HaGer: A Study of Intended and Unintended Halakhic Consequences Featuring: Rabbi Aryeh Klapper of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership
Corrupt Societies in Sefer Bereish*t With Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
Featuring Rabbi Dr. Shai Held in conversation with Professor Aaron Koller
Tza'ar Ba'alei Hayyim and Factory Farming: Understanding the Roles of Legal & Moral Considerations in Psak Halakhah With Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman of Drisha Institute
Understanding God—Aesthetically Speaking With Professor Daniel Rynhold
Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 2 With Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll of Chochmat Nashim
Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 1 With Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll of Chochmat Nashim
Machloket L'Shem Shamayim: Rav Shagar on the Multiplicity of Jewish Narratives With Dr. Eitan Abramovitch of Yeshivat Siach Yitzchak
A Jewish Approach to Leisure With Rabbi Yitzchak Blau of Yeshivat Orayta
Retzon Hashem, Human Experience, and Lomdus: A Philosophic Agenda For The Beis Medrash With Rabbi Aryeh Klapper of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership
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