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.
Candace Owens urges audience read antisemitic book, asserts Jews controlled slave trade
Israel’s 'supreme' democracy: Who really decides the nation’s values - opinion
Seeing our brothers’ plight: The light Hanukkah demands we bring into the world - opinion
'Ancient Jewish Food': What’s cooking in the Talmuds? - review
A new book by food scholar Susan Weingarten offers a glimpse into what Jews ate almost 2,000 years ago and how the food was prepared.
Should Jews pray for a miracle when death is inevitable?
Rather than abandon prayer in the face of tragedy, Judaism asks us to deepen it. We do not pray to overturn nature but to find strength within the divine natural order.
American strength lies in preservation of history, not in destruction - opinion
This continuity of purpose connects us directly to those post-war days of moral clarity. The Survivors' Talmud reminds us that we must recognize that some principles transcend our division.
Thousands complete Talmud at Haredi Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem
During the ceremony, each participant received a section of Mishnah to study, leading to the full completion of the Talmud over the course of the event.
'Rabbinic Scholarship': How the Talmud Yerushalmi was made - review
This book is a deeply scholarly and ambitious work that sheds new light on the Talmud Yerushalmi and its place within the intellectual world of late antiquity.
Eight fascinating Jewish news stories from 2024 that you might have missed
From antisemitism in Spain to J.D.'s Jewish chief of staff, explore the fascinating stories about Jews that you may have missed over 2024.
Maccabean war vs long-lasting oil: What is the true essence of Hanukkah? - opinion
The Talmud says that on Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle of the oil. Secularists claim the essence of Hanukkah is to celebrate the Maccabean victory.
This Yom Kippur, we must jump the barricades and become a unified Jewish state – opinion
We must find it in ourselves to connect with God and each other, whatever it takes.
Yom Kippur: Finding hope in times of uncertainty
To embrace, simultaneously, the unknown alongside the knowable has indeed given us the strength and courage to find hope.
Hadassah University Medical Center solves biblical mystery with ancient seed
The first 2,000-year-old date seedling was named Methuselah (after the longest-lived person in the Bible) and is now impressively tall at Ketura.
