Conversations

Conversations is the print journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.

Conversations focuses on major themes confronting our community. It discusses major issues in contemporary Orthodox and general Jewish life. We have had an overwhelmingly positive response from our many readers. The journal has attracted articles from a diverse group of writers, scholars, rabbis and communal activists.

It is lively, thought-provoking - it generates discussions and conversations. Conversations provides the community - Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike - with a forum that demonstrates the intellectual vibrancy, diversity and creativity within the Orthodox Jewish world.

How to get Conversations

Conversations is mailed directly to active members of the Institute. Please be sure your address is current in your My Account area. Please consider becoming a member of the Institute to receive this and many other benefits.

Conversations Issues

Conversations, Issue 22: Angel for Shabbat III

The spring 2015 issue of Conversations serves as the third volume in the Angel for Shabbat series. It includes divrei Torah on the weekly Torah portions and holidays by Rabbi Marc D. Angel.

Conversations, Issue 21: Personalities, Principles, Proddings

The winter 2015 issue of Conversations includes articles on important Orthodox personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries. These articles reflect the diversity of opinion within Orthodoxy, and demonstrate the creativity and activism within the Orthodox world. This issue has articles about men and women, Sephardim and Ashkenazim, philosophers and mystics.

Conversations, Issue 20: Building Bridges Not Walls

Issue 20 (autumn 2014) of our journal Conversations includes articles dealing with relationships with the "other," people of different backgrounds, beliefs and opinions. Modern Orthodox Judaism promotes building bridges among people, and eschews a policy of isolationism. Articles in this issue deal with interfaith, intergroup and interpersonal relationships.

Conversations, Issue 19: Synagogues and Prayer

This is a powerful collection of articles relating to the successes, failures and challenges of contemporary synagogues. It includes essays about large and small synagogues, establishment synagogues and new synagogues. This issue also includes important articles on the nature of prayer in and out of the synagogue context.

Conversations, Issue 17: Soul Searchings

This is a fascinating collection of essays from a diverse group of authors musing on future directions for Orthodox Judaism. Authors include Naomi Ragen, Steven Kepnes, Asher Lopatin, Alan Krinsky, Shmuly Yanklowitz, Alan Zelenetz, Dov Zakheim, Vivian Skolnick, Pamela Ehrenkranz, Zev Farber, Avraham Weiss, Meylekh Viswanath, and Marc D. Angel.