The legendary author joins us to talk about her new short story, about a search for the reason why a 13th-century Jewish man became a Catholic priest.

How many rabbis first translated the Hebrew Bible, and how many different translations did they produce?

The author of Self-Made stops by to talk about how the modern self came to be, and how it differs from older, traditional modes of living.

One of the show’s main pleasures has to do with which of the four languages spoken by its main characters—Yiddish, Flemish, French, and English—they use with whom.

Orthodox Jews on Instagram have become obsessed with baking key-shaped challah. Is the idea derived from a decidedly non-Orthodox source?

The author of And None Shall Make Them Afraid stops by to talk about his new book and how history has a role to play in forming devotion to the Jewish people.

And does their presence illuminate the book of Exodus—or is it simply a sign that ancient Egypt was a powerful nation?