“There is no deep silence without a weapon.”

His work reminds us that fiction can be entertaining, and perhaps should be, even when it is serious.

Is there a light at the end of his tunnel?

Fish that turn into frogs, a dead count, and halakhic humor.

Blaming the messenger.

Benny Lau, a Jerusalem-based rabbi, has created a new website aimed at making the Hebrew Bible accessible to Israelis of all political and religious persuasions,. . .

Relegated to the sidelines by early secular Zionists, the Talmud has been resurrected in Israeli culture. But has its triumph come too late?