Kol Hamevaser

05/23/2021

Kol Hamevaser VXIII.pdf

Kol Hamevaser is proud to present Volume XIII Issue 1: "The Individual and Community"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UsC9-Ig-ZAhwjDwb71mmAV-eE1v-qG3K/view?usp=sharing

Check out articles written by Shayna Herszage, Daphna Ziffer, Chaim Book, David Schmidt, Yehuda Dov Reiss, Tani Finkelstein, Yosef Rosenfield, Shoshana Berger, Gabriel Gross, Adina Bruce and Zachary Ottenstein.

Thank you as well to editors and layout editors: Hannah Adler, Ariel Hahn, Romi Harcsztark, Aharon Nissel, Meira Prager, Deborah Coopersmith and Sara Weiss.

An additional thank you to Ilana Aidman for designing the cover art.

04/27/2021

Are you a Yeshiva University undergraduate student with a love for visual art?
Kol Hamevaser is seeking an artist to design our cover for the upcoming edition. The theme is "The Individual and Community," with much room for interpretation.
Contact Shayna Herszage at [email protected] and/or Adina Bruce at [email protected] if interested!

03/01/2021

Kol Hamevaser is back, and we want YOU to write for us! The theme for this semester's edition is "The Individual and Community," and we are seeking writers of a wide variety. If you are a YU undergraduate student, YU graduate student, or YU faculty member with an interest in writing an article, contact Shayna Herszage at [email protected], Adina Bruce at [email protected], or message this page directly.
Not sure what to write?
See below our list of recently published books, available at the YU Library, and consider writing a review:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R1lXnAWIRkyM9GkzONWKfLOI4_nt_IQlwkDc9-S-TMs/edit?usp=sharing
Or... check out our growing document of potential article ideas:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fSv0vQpqxy1Xv8lsTFSpOSA11rf1Nq4WRvkIGk-gq5I/edit?usp=sharing
Fill out this form if you are interested!
https://forms.gle/x2NpGegdXbRx11Gn9

01/26/2021

Kol Hamevaser Signatures

Kol Hamevaser is back, and we need the YU student body's help! Fill out this form to sign your support of YU's Judaic journal, and pass it on to your friends!*
*filling out this form is NO COMMITMENT. You are not signing up for anything and you are not applying for anything. You are just saying you're fine with it being a club.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfytK4UxGLJq29B_wW6zBtYVSMXOHVVN886wrjqPfyB5OEwSQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Kol Hamevaser is back, and we need the YU student body's help! Fill out this form to sign your support of YU's Judaic journal, and pass it on to your friends!* *filling out this form is NO COMMITMENT. You are not signing up for anything and you are not applying for anything. You are just saying you'...

01/04/2021

If you are a YU undergraduate student, apply to be on staff for the upcoming semester of Kol Hamevaser! We are seeking editors and layout staff.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScC-KPuCNJU5N-ca4L__3J-wQV8nzKu7esBYF7xsA1TJkpfvQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

05/14/2019

The Relationship Between Ahavat Hashem and Ahavat HaGer: A Study of Intended and Unintended Halakhic Consequences

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

05/01/2019

Corrupt Societies in Sefer Bereish*t

Corrupt Societies in Sefer Bereish*t

With Rabbi Yitzchak Blau

04/07/2019

Why is There a Need to Create a Divide?

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…

04/07/2019

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/

04/05/2019

Printing, Christian Hebraism, and the Changing Nature of the Hebrew Book

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…

04/05/2019

The Beit Midrash: An Ever-Changing Creature

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…

04/04/2019

Non-Space in Halakhah and Jewish Thought

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…

04/04/2019

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/

04/04/2019

Kol Hamevaser

04/04/2019

The Architecture of Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus

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.

04/04/2019

Editor’s Thoughts: Defining the Yeshiva-Space

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 …

04/04/2019

Kol Hamevaser – The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body

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...

02/28/2019

The Life and Thought of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Featuring Rabbi Dr. Shai Held in conversation with Professor Aaron Koller

02/28/2019

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.

02/22/2019

Thanks to friends in life and learning, Prof. Chaim Saiman and R' Ezra Schwartz, for a fascinating discussion tonight!

02/22/2019

The Seforim Sale

The Seforim Sale

Halakhah

with Chaim Saiman and Rabbi Ezra Schwartz

02/13/2019

Kol Hamevaser Registration

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!

02/07/2019

Tza'ar Ba'alei Hayyim and Factory Farming: Understanding the Roles of Legal & Moral Considerations in Psak Halakhah

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

11/30/2018

Understanding God—Aesthetically Speaking

Understanding God—Aesthetically Speaking

With Professor Daniel Rynhold

11/01/2018

Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 2

Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 2

With Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll of Chochmat Nashim

11/01/2018

Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 1

Where Have All The Women Gone? - Part 1

With Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll of Chochmat Nashim

10/31/2018

Machloket L'Shem Shamayim: Rav Shagar on the Multiplicity of Jewish Narratives

Machloket L'Shem Shamayim: Rav Shagar on the Multiplicity of Jewish Narratives

With Dr. Eitan Abramovitch of Yeshivat Siach Yitzchak

05/31/2018

We are looking for editors!

If you want to join the magazine as an associate editor, please contact Reuven Herzog at [email protected]

05/28/2018

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!

04/17/2018

A Jewish Approach to Leisure

A Jewish Approach to Leisure

With Rabbi Yitzchak Blau of Yeshivat Orayta

02/13/2018

Retzon Hashem, Human Experience, and Lomdus: A Philosophic Agenda For The Beis Medrash

Retzon Hashem, Human Experience, and Lomdus: A Philosophic Agenda For The Beis Medrash

With Rabbi Aryeh Klapper of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership

11/06/2017

Kol Hamevaser | The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body

Read our newest issue: Derekh HaLimmud!
http://www.kolhamevaser.com/

The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body

05/03/2017

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!

04/28/2017

Kol Hamevaser | The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body

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!

The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body

01/30/2017

www.kolhamevaser.com

Latest issue now available on the web! Check out Kol Hamevaser's treatment of Hassidut at www.kolhamevaser.com!