Recently, I read a column by a religious Jew, full of hatred of fakes. They pray three times a day in a synagogue but steal, break Shabbat, insult, lie, bully, abuse, or hate, all behind closed doors.

But too often, when a show like Adolescence gets us talking about these issues, there is a fundamental problem with how we ...

With the mitzvah of tzedakah, there is the possibility of saving oneself even as the ship is beginning to sink. The mitzvah of tzedakah is especially unique in that it can protect the individual even ...

Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal group chat discussing matters of national security. He left it, but many think he ...

The legacy of the Elias Meyer Free School and Talmud Torah in Kolkata’s Bowbazaar, which is celebrating its centennial year, ...

I have been privileged to know the Professor for many years, and when he published Affairs of the Heart, I felt that his ...

Many students of the Talmud never get that initial spark because the language barrier prevents them from ever experiencing the joy of exploring the text’s depth. I hope that this new English edition ...

Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and ...

(JTA) — If I found myself sitting across the table from one of the top leaders of Hamas, I don’t know if I would have been able to control my emotions and not try to kill him. On Oct. 7, when ...

In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, shows how the women in the Talmud may be ...