Talmud

Moral, legal issues with Israel’s terrorist death penalty - opinion

Ben-Gvir’s law treats non-Jewish lives as unequal, risking Israel’s moral and global standing.

Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir walks inside the Knesset, on the day US President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025.
Candace Owens urges audience read antisemitic book, asserts Jews controlled slave trade

Candace Owens urges audience read antisemitic book, asserts Jews controlled slave trade

Former high Court president Aharon Barak is seen at a conference of the Israeli Association of Public Law (IAPL) in Haifa, earleir this month. Arguments over judicial overreach and activism in Israel have been ongoing for years, the writer notes.

Israel’s 'supreme' democracy: Who really decides the nation’s values - opinion

Candles are lit on the eighth night, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, last Hanukkah. The main idea of the holiday is the spiritual illumination of the public sphere, says the writer.

Seeing our brothers’ plight: The light Hanukkah demands we bring into the world - opinion


Talmudic-era coin found in the Galilee by family on a trip

A coin dating back to the Talmudic time was found by a family visiting the Korazim National Park in the Galilee, the Nature and Parks Authority announced Tuesday.

Talmudic-era coin found in the Galilee by family on a trip

Women in Israel's Orthodox sector: Rabbi, scholar, spiritual leader

Part II in a series: All three women have benefited from opportunities for study and leadership that Jewish women in previous generations never experienced.

 RABBANIT DR. AYELET SEGAL, school rabbi, Pelech Girls’ High School in Jerusalem.

Steinsaltz's new book on Torah, Jewish law

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz finds a way to convey the essence of Torah in a new book.

 Rabbi Sacks and Rabbi Steinsaltz.

Parashat Ekev: Gratitude and showing favor

In this week’s Torah portion, we continue reading Moses’s final speeches, addresses meant to prepare the Jewish nation for entering, conquering and living in Israel.

Moses Shows the Elders the Tablets of the Law by Marc Chagall, 1966

Rabbi Steinsaltz expands on Jewish philosophy, sages in new books

In two new books, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz moves from translating the Talmud to understanding and encapsulating the human condition.

 Pope Francis greets Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz at the Vatican, 2016

A reflection of Jewish dissent in the month of Av

"The hope Tu Be'av instills in us helps to ensure that the future of our country moves past those who wish our destruction."

The walls of the city of Jerusalem in the days of the First Temple.

Parashat Devarim: The beginning of history

The Torah is insistent that no human is perfect, and it is in the rough and tumble of daily life that we show our spiritual striving.

REMBRANDT'S MOSES with the Ten Commandments

Take it from a fat rabbi: Nobody needs your dieting advice

Anyone who has been even a little bit fat for more than five minutes in our fatphobic culture is already deeply familiar with the sense that they don’t fit in.

Graphic of Jewish woman. Photo obtained via JTA.

Mt. Meron: Lay the blame, or join in unity? - comment

One is to look for someone to blame, and the other is to rally together in unity. The first is necessary and – if done properly – could have an important corrective effect

Eliezer Rumpler, from the Lev Tahor Haredi Jewish sect   arrives to the Jerusalem District Court for a court hearing on June 28, 2020.

The biblical tale of friendship of five rabbis

True friendship: The rabbinical quintet of Bnei Brak

Five Rabbis: An etching by Mordechai Beck