Rebecca Goldstein's book "Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity" sparked intense engagement from a previous reader, evidenced by extensive notes and comments in Yiddish, English, Spanish, and Hebrew throughout the text.

"Are Clothes Modern?" was an exhibition organized by architect Bernard Rudofsky in 1944 at New York's Museum of Modern Art to critique contemporary mass-produced clothing as impractical and visually unappealing.

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's views on culture and history reveal a nuanced perspective that transcends traditional categories like Modern Orthodoxy.

Professor Motti Inbari from the University of North Carolina Pembroke explores the radical ultra-Orthodox movements of Neturei Karta in Jerusalem and Satmar Hasidim in Brooklyn in his book "Jewish Radical Ultra-Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity, Zionism and Women's Equality."

Dr. Avner Wishnitzer examines the clash of tradition and modernity in 19th century Turkey through the adoption of standardized time in his book "Reading Clocks Alla Turca: Time and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire."

Rav Aharon Lichtenstein was revered for his intellectual depth, humility, and commitment to Torah values.

Dr. Sarab Abu Rabia-Queder, a researcher at Ben-Gurion University, discusses the impact of education on Bedouin women in Israel, highlighting their navigation between tradition and modernity.

An exhibition and book commemorating the Evelina de Rothschild School in Jerusalem shed light on its British principal, Annie Landau's transformative impact from 1900 to 1945.

This text describes a series of underground philosophy seminars held with a group of Hasidic Jewish participants, including Satmar and Lubavitcher members, exploring philosophical texts ranging from Plato to Nietzsche.

Leora Batnitzky's book "How Judaism Became a Religion" offers a fresh perspective on the evolution of modern Jewish thought, focusing on the shift towards defining Judaism as a religion as a response to the challenges of European modernity.

A symposium discusses the revolutionary events in the Middle East since the Tunisian protests and their implications for Israel, exploring various books and authors relevant to understanding the causes and outcomes of these revolutions.