1944: A Year in the Life of a Montreal Orthodox Rabbi by Ira Robinson

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Malbim's Approach to the Sins of Biblical Personages by Amos Frisch

“… This article examines one component of the exegetical method of Malbim (1809–1879), an Orthodox rabbi of a strongly conventional bent, and questions the scholarly assumption that he invariably defends outstanding biblical figures. …”
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A Portrait of the Rabbi as a Young Man: Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung’s Memoir of His Escape from Europe to Canada by Ira Robinson

“…This book enables us to perceive the ways in which a young Orthodox rabbi reacted to some of the most important moral, intellectual, and political challenges facing Jews in the twentieth century and how he attempted to relate them to previous trials and persecutions of the Jewish people.…”
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Die Hellenisties-Romeinse w�reld en die ontstaan van apokaliptiek en gnostisisme by M. Nel

“…Jewish apocalypticism flourished during the period from the third century BC to the first century AD, when orthodox rabbi�s started purifying Jewish religion from all foreign hellenistic elements like the dualistic views of apocalypticism. …”
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Jewish extremist and terrorist organizations in Israel by A. V. Krylov

“…The most famous of them are “Kach” (“Thus”) and “Kahane Chai” (“Kahane Lives”).The initiator and inspirer of the “Jewish Underground” was an American Orthodox Rabbi Meir Kahane. He founded a political settlement party “Kach” which had legally existed until in 1988 a ban on the list of its candidates in the parliamentary elections was imposed by the Supreme Court of Israel because of the accusations of the denial of the democratic character of the state of Israel and the promotion of racism. …”
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Prophetic Disappointment and Ideological Change among Israeli Settlers’ Rabbis: The Case of Rabbis Yehuda Amital and Shmuel Tal by Motti Inbari

“…I discuss the response of two Orthodox rabbis, Rabbi Yehuda Amital (1924–2010) and Rabbi Shmuel Tal (b. 1962), to the crisis of faith they encountered regarding the role of Zionism in the messianic drama. …”
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Kabbalist and Communal Leader: Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg and the Canadian Jewish Community by Ira Robinson

“…At the turn of the century, Orthodox rabbis, immigrants themselves, actively wrestled with the competing demands of Orthodox tradition and modern society. …”
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‘The Golden Chain of Pious Rabbis’: the origin and development of Finnish Jewish Orthodoxy by Simo Muir, Riikka Tuori

“…After the independence of Finland, the Helsinki congregation hired academic, Modern Orthodox rabbis educated in Western Europe. Following the devastation of the Shoah and the Second World War, the recruitment of rabbis faced new challenges. …”
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Modern Orthodoxy in the Forties by Maxine Jacobson

“…Canadian and American Orthodox rabbis and laypeople belonged to the same organizations, such as the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the Rabbinic Council of America (RCA). …”
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The Heralds of Zionism as Theological Revolutionaries by Amir Mashiach

“…This article wishes to claim that the heralds of Zionism were Orthodox rabbis, such as R. Kalisher, R. Alkalai, R. Friedland, R. …”
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Memoirs of a Refugee: The Travels and Travails of Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung by Steven Lapidus

“…In October of 1941, twenty-nine rabbis and rabbinical students left Shanghai and eventually arrived in Montreal, under an unusual Canadian government visa program to help Orthodox rabbis. Among these refugees were the future chief rabbi of Montreal, Pinchas Hirschprung, as well as nine shlichim of the Lubavitcher rebbe. …”
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“Jewish Mindfulness” as Spiritual Didactics Teaching Orthodox Jewish Religion through Mindfulness Meditation by Mira Niculescu

“…. “Mindfulness”, a secular meditation technique originating from Buddhism which has been popularized in Western culture through its recontextualization within the Western therapeutic culture, has been increasingly used in Jewish Religious settings, including Modern Orthodox. How do Modern Orthodox rabbis describe their use of “Mindfulness” in their religious teachings? …”
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