El Al, the Israeli National Airline, has begun to offer Torah, Talmud and Jewish law lessons on its long-haul flights, via a platform specially prepared for it by Yeshiva University, an Orthodox ...

A grand plan to publish an elucidated English edition of Torah Or and Likkutei Torah is being undertaken in memory of R’ Gedaliah Shaffer OBM, whose yartzeit is on the 17th of Adar.

The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...

In a new book, Beth Berkowitz explores how the Torah and Talmud notice the ties between animal parents and their young — and what it means for us today. Beth Berkowitz was 12 years old, sitting at ...

Ancient Jewish wisdom provides a framework for the ethos of scholarship. The Talmud, which is a compilation of the discussions regarding biblical Jewish law and theology, relays the following ...

Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley marked the start of its Torah, Ruach, Limmud Campaign with a Torah writing celebration weekend from April 3 to 6. The events included Torah writing sessions ...

As America is becoming more politically polarized, American Jews are becoming more theologically polarized. According to Pew surveys, four in ten Jewish adults under 30 describe their religion as ...

Shavuot is the festival when Jews eat cheesecake and celebrate “matan Torah,” literally, “the giving of the Torah” at Mount Sinai. It conjures up images of the tablets being handed to Moses in the ...

Here's a question the Torah doesn't specifically answer: "Can a Jew let his AI agent run over Shabbat if the last prompt was Friday afternoon?" Why it matters: It's a post that went viral on X, and is ...

To counter this criminality and immorality, the spiritual work that Jews attempt on Purim is a reestablishment of the boundaries between good and evil. We seek to drown out the name of Haman (the ...