Babylonian Talmud
Babylon, not Egypt: Israel is running on the wrong story about Diaspora Jews - opinion
The Jewish people did not survive because everyone stayed committed. It survived because enough did. For most of our history, it has been the few leading the few.
What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion
An Israeli columnist called American Jews ‘traitors,’ here's why he's wrong - comment
This week in Jewish history: Yoni and Entebbe raid, Law of Return passed
Three requests Netanyahu should keep in mind when handling Iran - opinion
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must avoid some serious strategic and moral pitfalls when handling Iran.
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai: Live and let live
The only halachic ruling that was ever given is that “your life comes first” – and nothing beyond that.
„Tod eines Königs, Fall einer Nation“: 4.000 Jahre alte babylonische Tafeln enthüllen dunkle Omen
Insbesondere Mondfinsternisse galten als dunkle Omen, etwa für den Tod des Königs.
'A king will die, a nation will fall': Dark omens revealed from 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets
Lunar eclipses in particular were seen as dark omens, such as the death of the king.
President Herzog gifts Babylonian Talmud that survived the Holocaust to Yad Vashem
The Talmud had been entrusted to Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog in 1946, while he was recovering Jewish children hiding in non-Jewish homes and monastries.
The People's Talmud: Online Jewish law study and the pursuit of wisdom
The People’s Talmud entries are not cumbersome translations of the Talmud but narratives that express the Talmud’s point in the language of today.
The Talmud is important, but no one should be paid to study it - opinion
It is rage-inducing to know that my money gets spent on stipends for boys in black hats to study for lifetimes issues like how certain physical attributes can be used as grounds for divorce.
Israeli archaeologists unearth building destroyed during Babylonian siege of Jerusalem
The building, dubbed 'Building 100', had once belong to an elite member of Jerusalem's society, until it was destroyed by fire in 586 BCE.
Ezekiel, the prophet in exile - opinion
Never again will we be corpses in a valley of dry bones but a living, thriving people.
Israel among the most popular location-inspired name in US
The researchers examined the data on baby names from the past two decades to uncover the travel destinations that inspired parents to choose these names.
