"This week, Jews across the world are reading the opening portion of the book of Numbers, which describes the organization of the tribes of Israel in the desert before the ...

Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical commentary on the Talmud in Hebrew. Between 1902 and 1983, the Jewish Theological ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

At the beginning of Parashat Acharei Mot, the Torah describes the death of Aaron’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu, in a way that invites deep reflection: “And the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of ...

Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

There’s something oddly comforting about “Parshat Vayeshev” it reminds us we’ve been excellent at one thing for millennia: fighting ourselves in the name of morality, justice, and truth. Long before X ...