“Do not say that true humility is dead, for I am humble!”

A common motif perhaps borrowed from Christian iconography.

Offering something steady and timeless in a world that feels increasingly unmoored.

A sin for which repentance is almost impossible.

And why repentance provides no out.

Old age and the Fifth Commandment.

The Talmud lecture that contributed to the Miranda ruling.

Not an argument for the sake of heaven.

The image of God.

How should we relate to figures in the Bible?

Understanding the genius of rabbinic narrative.

When unanimity means that “there is something fishy going on.”

Athens and Jerusalem, or Macedon and Beersheva.