A few days ago, I was learning the last chapter of the Talmud Tractate Pesachim (113a), “Rav further said: Skin a carcass in ...

I’ve become obsessed with a particular legal, technological, and philosophical question: Can a robot invent on its own?

A professor of Judaic studies at Brown University argues that pro-Palestinian protests were good for the Jewish environment ...

The essence of Pesach is the aspect of renewal, novelty- see how Rashi carries the theme through the intricacies of halakhah.

Think good and it will be good. Next Year in Jerusalem.

Some people think the Talmud tries to teach us to think like the Sages. Trying that would be so presumptuous. We can never think on their level. And it’s totally unwise trying to learn their texts by ...

Blessings of gratitude are among the many ways we can still “bring sacrifices” without a central worship site and its attending priests.

Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal group chat discussing matters of national security. He left it, but many think he should have stayed.

Involving our bodies in the holiness of looking for chametz or preparing for Shabbat is something that can become a habit. That is not to say that we shouldn’t use our minds to superimpose even grea ...

The Trump negotiated agreements found the sweet spot where Muslims’ and Jews’ most deeply held beliefs impel them towards ...

Once home to a thriving Jewish majority, Thessaloniki holds fragments of a lost world. One traveller's journey to find them ...