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# 283 / Editorial: A Week with Rav K.

During this summer break, K. Review is suspending its original publications. While we wait for the new season to begin, each week we’re offering our readers a special feature showcasing a selection of texts organized around a specific theme. This is your chance to discover a text you might have overlooked, rediscover one that resonated with you, and share some of K.’s publications with friends who aren’t yet familiar with it.

This week, K. disproves the rumor that this is a secular magazine, donning his finest rav attire to impart a few well-chosen teachings and help those who wish to become his students find their way in the world. Ruben Honigmann kicks off this week devoted to Study by admitting that his only guide is a singularly unreliable GPS: “Where do the Jews come from? (And where are they going?)” he asked during the last K. on Stage event. The last time we saw him, he still hadn’t found his way out of the labyrinth. On the subject of departures toward unknown destinations, Ivan Segré offered us a comparative reading of the two founding events of Judaism: Abraham’s departure and the Exodus from Egypt. In “The Two Poles of Jewish Identity,” he explored the Jewish tension between individual and collective emancipation. Finally, we are republishing Valeria Solanstein’s cry of anger in the face of the Jewish world’s deafness to demands for women’s emancipation: it serves as a reminder that wisdom has never resided in rigid codifications, and that hypocrisy can tarnish even the most emancipatory traditions.

As a reminder, our archives are open, and we invite you to explore the hundreds of texts we have published over the past five years.