Rabbis

A decade after the closure of Jews’ College, supposedly for lack of demand, Britain’s mainstream Orthodox community is once again producing its own rabbis.

Ben Elton
Aug. 1 2013 12:00AM

As long as Israel’s chief rabbis act as bureaucrats rather than ambassadors, Judaism will remain inaccessible and meaningless to many Israelis.

Tal Becker
July 19 2013 12:00AM

Logical maneuvers in Tractate Pesahim are a reminder that studying Talmud yields not just knowledge of the law but training for the mind.

July 11 2013 12:00AM

A new collection of essays argues that the early rabbis succeeded by offering ordinary Jews the opportunity to be spiritual without renouncing a worldly way of life.

Ron Naiweld
July 3 2013 12:00AM

The codification of Jewish law, argued Eliezer Berkovits, was a price that had to be paid for Jewish survival in exile; but it has turned. . .

Aharon E. Wexler
June 21 2013 12:00AM

The discovery of a 19th-century mikveh (ritual bath) in rural Connecticut suggests that earlier generations of American Jews were much more religious than historians—or their. . .

Tom Green
June 12 2013 12:00AM

Becoming a recognized authority in Jewish law depends less on the assent of the general public, and more on the respect of other experts.

June 11 2013 12:00AM