Joseph Karo

How the Dislocation and Ferment of the 15th Century Shaped Judaism’s Greatest Legal Code

Joseph Karo’s journeys.

Tamar Marvin
May 25 2023 12:01AM

The Great 16th-Century Rabbi Who Combined Legalism with Mysticism

Joseph Karo and the Judeo-Islamic tradition.

Roni Weinstein
Dec. 23 2022 12:01AM

The Legacy of the Portuguese Child of Converted Jews Who Tried to Start a Joint Jewish-Christian Crusade

Solomon Molcho.

Joel Davidi Weisberger
Nov. 21 2019 12:01AM

Early to Rise

The Shulhan Arukh, the great 16th-century code of Jewish law, instructs the Jew to awake “like a lion.” Why?

Erica Brown
June 17 2014 12:01AM