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
Daf Yomi on TikTok
We always face the challenge of popularizing Torah while maintaining its integrity and preserving our reverence for Torah.
Meet the TikTok star making Daf Yomi relatable for millennials, Gen Z
Miriam Anzovin is the millennial TikToker making Gemara more accessible on one of today's leading social media platforms.
Judaism's take on the darkness that winter brings
It is hardly a coincidence that for thousands of years, many cultures and religions have held festivals of light at this time of the year.
Bringing the Talmud to life - book review
The book The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave expresses less-studied emotional, interpersonal aspects of the rabbis in the Talmud.
German Talmud translation from 1935 goes online
The translation is a way to make Jewish texts available to a new generation of German Jews.
Meet the Jewish couple funding Christian missionary hospitals in Africa
“We feel animated by the Talmudic teaching that saving a single life is saving a world,” said Rabbi Erica Gerson.
In Israel, a chicken farm released special-edition eggs to mark egg-related Talmud study milestone
“We will return to you, Tractate Beitzah,” the eggs read in Hebrew. “Be strong and take courage, from the chicken coops of Kedumim.”
Simhat Torah was included as a 'new' holiday. Could we add more?
If a holiday can be added to the Hebrew calendar millennia after Revelation, why can we not add holidays that address the issues of our own time and be recognized by all Jews?
Acher and the difficulties of teshuvah
We all have different reactions to severe trauma. Some Jews lose their faith. Others are strengthened by it. But we must realize that after the Shoah and Israel's founding nothing will be the same.
Parashat Shoftim: Justice, justice
What is the significance of the double use of the word “justice”?
