Why I read the Talmud
The Talmud can still act as a guide as long as you see it as a living document, writes Edward Trapunski
Putting God first by putting God second
Discussing ‘Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself’ by Rabbi Donniel Hartman
Babylonian Talmud being translated into Italian
The first completed volume, the Rosh Hashanah tractate, will be ceremonially presented to Italy’s president on April 5, five years from the start of the state-funded project
Dershowitz’s take on the world’s first Jewish lawyer
Prof. Alan Dershowitz provides a unique analysis of the Abraham stories in the Bible, with frequent references to how they were understood in the Jewish tradition
Inspirational books for the beach
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take 10 Jewish texts with you, which ones would you choose?
Aleppo Codex recognized by UNESCO as world treasure
The 1,000-year-old manuscript is believed to be the world’s oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible
New Steinsaltz book offer homilies on weekly parshahs
Israel’s Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz publishs a new, handsome edition of the Talmud
BACKSTORY: Symbolic language key to opening the vault of meaning
You cannot simply “read” Jewish source texts: in order to understand them, you need to know how to interpret their unique language
Early marriages seen in talmudic times, expert says
Marrying off young girls occurred among Jewish families in the mishnaic and talmudic periods, says Tirzah Meacham, associate professor of near and Middle Eastern civilizations at the University of Toronto
