Family photos, cherished sacred books, children’s toys and many more items create a collage like portrait of Jewish ...

The Talmud is almost as sacred to Jews as Scripture, but by no means does every Jew know what is in it. English editions of the 20-volume compilation of law and learning run to several hundred ...

A forgotten folk ritual, widespread in Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, saw residents assemble on the Shabbat before ...

The Talmud (Sanhedrin 94a) tells us that God wanted to make King Hezekiah the messiah but refrained from doing so because, unlike what the Jews did at the Red Sea, he did not sing praise to God ...

At Svara, LGBTQ Jews are reinterpreting and reshaping Jewish tradition by copying the methods used by the rabbis who compiled the Talmud.

hayes: the talmud is critically important for the survival of judaism. the talmud is going to be a central part of jewish religious self-definition for centuries, really unt the modern period.

Out of all the scripture and poetry and midrash that fills Jewish history, all the mysticism and folktales, all the prophecy and piety, all the humor and skepticism, for me one of the most moving ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

Rabbi Yehoshua Mizrachi is an author and scholar of Judaism and the Talmud, and can speak with command and authority on the intricacies of Jewish law. Yet, when confronted by an agnostic asking about ...