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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People tend to assume that everyone is more or less the same around the world— that members of other societies all think like us, have the same values, yearn for the same things. After all, they’ll ...

Parashat Mishpatim introduces the core legal principles of the Torah. Yet instead of beginning with uplifting commandments like “Love your neighbour” or “Do not put a stumbling block before the blind, ...