André Spire.

How an 18th-century rabbinic court dealt with everything from charitable trusts to illegitimate pregnancies.

Mazaltob.

Simone Weil’s strange life and stranger ideas.

Alfred Nakache.

The left hates them, the center betrays them, and the right tamps down its hostility.

Gad Elmaleh’s Stay with Us.

Otto Scheid’s journey into oblivion.

Identifying allies and enemies.

The 13th-century rabbis who dared to put secret teachings on paper.

Some Jewish reflections on the popular holiday.

A prayer for the French republic.

A Prayer for the French Republic.

Yedaya ha-Penini’s Book of the Orchard.