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Advice from the Talmud to Coddled American Minds

Dissenting ideas should be engaged, not demonized and dismissed.

Mark Gottlieb
Dec. 17 2018 12:01AM

The Discovery of an Ancient Pool May Help Explain an Obscure Talmudic Term

The bathhouse of Tsipori.

Rachel Bernstein
Dec. 12 2018 12:01AM

Archaeologists Find a Rare Flax Wick from Ancient Israel

Casting new light on a well-known talmudic passage.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Dec. 11 2018 12:01AM

At the Heart of the Hanukkah Story is Jewish Chosenness

Hebraism vs. which Hellenism?

Mark Gottlieb
Dec. 10 2018 12:01AM

Did Ancient Jews See Themselves as a Religion or as a People?

Then as now, both.

David Goodblatt
Oct. 31 2018 12:01AM

In Italy, Algorithms Are Translating the Talmud

With some rabbinic assistance.

Simone Somekh
Oct. 9 2018 12:01AM

A Fantasy Work for Children about Medieval Jews, Muslims, and Christians

Swords, dragons, and burning talmuds.

Alan Verskin
Sept. 27 2018 12:01AM

The Meteorologist-Turned-Professor Who Discovered the Parallels between Talmudic and Zoroastrian Law

Remembering Yaakov Elman.

Shai Secunda
Aug. 22 2018 12:01AM

Understanding the Minor Holiday of Tu b’Av as a Correction to the Abuse of Women in an Era of Moral Breakdown

A rabbinic “MeToo” reckoning?

Tzvi Sinensky
July 27 2018 12:01AM

Why the Talmud Cares So Much about the Rites of a Destroyed Temple

A new book upends the old story.

Shai Secunda
July 18 2018 12:01AM

Where Do Hebrew Acronyms Come From?

Medieval and modern Hebrew are unusually rich in abbreviations, but in a manner that is the reverse of English.

Philologos
June 13 2018 12:01AM

A Talmudic Meditation on Government’s Responsibility to the Governed

Both kings and sages are servants.

Adam Kirsch
April 24 2018 12:01AM

How the Rabbis Put God Back in Divine Law

While putting divine law in human hands.

Richard Hidary
April 12 2018 12:01AM

How the Talmud Deals with Cases Where Evidentiary Standards Interfere with Justice

Death by barley?

Sarah Zager
March 22 2018 12:01AM
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