The Talmud praises them, once.

The Greak-speaking Jewish philosopher had more in common with the rabbis than scholars have assumed.

The Jewish view of eclipses, from Amos to the Talmud and Maharal.

The divine in the details.

“Make your books your companions!”

And the struggle to teach the Israel-Palestinian conflict at an Ivy League university.

Not all Pharisees are hypocrites.

Learning to listen.

A book more serious than its title suggests.

In the Talmud, living for God is even greater than dying for Him.

An antidote to today’s censorious way of reading.

There is no sanctity without preparation.

Midrash as literary revolt against Hellenism.

Samuel David Luzzatto’s commentary.