Foundation and Early Years
Harkirah is a Jewish journal which publishes articles that reflect a wide range of Orthodox beliefs and ideas. Those who submit articles run the gamut from laypeople, to rabbis, doctors and professors. The first volume of Hakirah was published in the fall of 2004. Each volume generally contains about ten English and two Hebrew articles comprising a total of about 250 pages. A new volume appears about every six to seven months.
Hakirah was created by a small group of individuals in Flatbush, New York who study together on Shabbos afternoon. Concerned about the lack of sophistication in Torah study and the excessive reliance on mysticism and kabbalah, it was the desire of the group to create a journal that would inspire the community toward a higher level of Torah study and analysis.
The early volumes of Hakirah relied mainly on articles by members of their original study group, Asher Benzion Buchman, David Guttmann, Sheldon Epstein, Yonah Wilamowsky and Heshey Zelcer. From about the third volume, however, Hakirah began to attract international attention whereupon Hakirah redefined its mission to include not just the Flatbush community but those who identified with the Flatbush Orthodox community.
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