I’m not supposed to be here,” seems to have been Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg’s first thought after he was ...

Many students of the Talmud never get that initial spark because the language barrier prevents them from ever experiencing the joy of exploring the text’s depth. I hope that this new English edition ...

Rabbi Uri Mordechai Lipsh, a Shliach in Bnei Brak, Israel and veteran educator, passed away on Purim, 5785. He was 58 and ...

God wants us to know that argument make us wiser and stronger. Restrictions on debate make us weaker.

The battle between these two Venetian presses became so intense that complaints reached the revered Rabbi Moshe Isserles (the Rema) in Krakow.

Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and ...

In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, shows how the women in the Talmud may be ...

Yeshiva Talmud Torah of Kasho in Williamsburg, one of the two yeshivas losing funds from NYSED for not complying with education laws. Image via Google Maps David Golovner, the nonprofit's advocacy ...

An example: The Mishna and Talmud are divided into six sections: Zerarim (agricultural laws); Mo’ed (holidays); Nashim (personal status - marriage, divorce, etc.); Nezikin (torts and financial ...

The schools are two locations of Yeshiva Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron, and Talmud Torah of Kasho, the Education Department confirmed. The trio, all in Williamsburg, had been found out of ...