While running a Jewish high school.

Roman bloodsports offended Jewish sensibilities, but that didn’t keep some from watching—or participating.

A name, a talmudic cure, and a favorite flavoring.

“Subjectivity, flexibility, and even arbitrariness are not a bug, but a feature.”

A tale of two academies.

How the rabbis subverted negative stereotypes.

Ethics of the Fathers.

The world of the Tosafot.

What if Athens and Jerusalem are on the same side?

Rabbis among the magi.

The hidden meaning of Bava Metzia.

Rashi was right.

Two rabbis in a cave, and three women outside it.

Questioning the rabbis’ Sasanian paradise.