Essays on Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and Jewish Thought

Tradition

Tradition (print edition)

• Book Review: Abram to Abraham: A Literary Analysis of the Abraham Narrative Jonathan Grossman Spring 2017 (Issue 50.1)

• Humans Blessing God — A Mystical Idea And Modern Implications Winter 2018 (Issue 50.4)

• Goral – Can We Let God Roll the Dice? Spring 2021 (Issue 53.2)

TraditionOnline

• Review: Approaching Transition Gishat HaTemurot [Hebrew], edited by Hezi Cohen and Aviad Evron (October 23, 2019)

• Words of Ailing, Words of Healing (March 30, 2020)

• Amen and A-Women (January 13, 2021)

• Review: Insights into Hebrew, Holidays, History & Liturgy Mitchell First, Roots & Rituals: Insights into Hebrew, Holidays, and History; Mitchell First, Links to Our Legacy: Insights into Hebrew, History, and Liturgy (August 30, 2021)

• Leaps of Faith in Different Directions Between Kierkegaard and the Rav (May 31, 2022)

• The BEST: Saving Private Ryan (September 1, 2022)

• Response: Considering “God, Man and History” (December 13, 2022)

• Review: Faith and History Eliezer Berkovits, Faith and History: Essays on Prayer, Exile, and Return (May 21, 2024)

Hakirah

• Sanctifying Our Choices: The Solution to the Paradox of Orthodoxy 27 (2019)

• Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: Neighbors Behind Fences 33 (2023)

Jewish Bible Quarterly

• The Nation of Isaac 48:1 (2020)

• The Cries of our Rivals 50:4 (2022)

The Lehrhaus

• Who Will Defend Maimonides? Rav Soloveitchik on the Mishneh Torah and the Guide January 2, 2017

• Could It Have Been Different? History According to the Rabbis Joseph Soloveitchik April 2, 2020

• Should Jacob Have Conquered Canaan? November 18, 2021

• Ishmael and Moses: Everything Is Foreseen or Freedom Is Given? November 17, 2024

• The Trees of Eden and the Trees of the Siege: Conquest and Protection August 27, 2025

18Forty

• In an Age of Deepfakes, the Torah Reminds Us How Truth Is Verified November 21, 2025

Seforim Blog

• Mikra Pashut: A New Reading of the Tanakh September 9, 2025

Daf Aleph

• Navigating a Dynamic Torah: How Its Trajectory Can Resolve Moral Dilemmas October 26, 2024

• The Orthodox Literary Approach: Opening Doors and Closing Gaps February 5, 2025

Published in Books

• “Kingdom of Priests – Missed Opportunities”. Included in Lighting Up The Nations: Jewish Responsibility Towards the Nations Today and in the Messianic Era (Geula Watch Press, 2021).

Times of Israel

All posts can be found here: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/david-curwin/

Here are some selected posts (chronological):

• Why I’m Not Fasting on Tisha B’Av This Year July 16, 2012

• A Sweet New Year? September 9, 2012

• Rabbi Hartman and the Unanswered Question February 26, 2013

• After 800 Years, Thank You September 30, 2013

• Rav Ovadia and Rabbi Hartman – Not as Different as You Might Think October 10, 2013

• To a Healthier Judaism October 30, 2013

• Jerusalem and Carthage: Why Only One Tisha B’Av? July 19, 2015

• The Torah Isn’t Talking to You November 17, 2016

• From Pesach to Yom HaShoah: Dayenu April 8, 2018

• Shemini Atzeret – Why Didn’t We Stop? December 17, 2023

• Torah, Technology and the Internet: 30 Years Later May 22, 2024

• Jonah and Hallel: Similar Songs, Distinct Messages September 28, 2025

Academia.edu

For a complete list of essays, including PDF versions, see my Academia.edu profile.