Babylonian Talmud

This week in Jewish history: Yoni and Entebbe raid, Law of Return passed

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER
KIKAR YONI, Yoni Square in Jerusalem, is named for the heroic Netanyahu brother who fell in the 1976 raid on Entebbe.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at the Weizmann Institute, which was hit in an Iranian missile attack in Rehovot last week. Netanyahu faces a unique opportunity to return the favor to the descendants of Cyrus, says the writer.

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.

|ByKAVEH SHAHROOZ
WHOSE LIFE comes first?

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.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Keilschrifttafeln werden im Rahmen einer Ausstellung im Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem gezeigt, 3. Februar 2015.

„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.

|ByAARON REICH

Marathon Talmud study session unites national-religious community

Some of the most senior rabbis in the national religious community participated in the study session.

DECEMBER 30, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Rav Druckman with Mr. Kurt Rothschild.

Discovered Roman-era pool could be 'the krona of Tzipori' from Talmud

May serve as proof for the existence of a famous ancient Jewish bathing site.

DECEMBER 11, 2018ByRACHEL BERNSTEIN
The newly discovered Roman-era pool in Tzipori

People’s Talmud launches online

The new resource will contain 7,000 entries from the pages of the Talmud to make the wisdom of the ancient Jewish text accessible and relevant to all.

OCTOBER 23, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
People’s Talmud creator Gedaliah Gurfein exhibits his repository of Talmudic wisdom at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America this week.

Bringing the synagogue to the stage

The A’irra Shachar concerts feature four styles of bakashot.

JANUARY 11, 2018ByBARRY DAVIS
Maimon Cohen

Halacha matters: Fighting the dark after the festival of light

Growth, transformation and renewal can take place on numerous levels only when we appreciate that transitions are often an opportunity.

DECEMBER 21, 2017ByNECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH
SKIERS RIDE a ski lift on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights

Remembering Baghdad

The exodus of the Jews from many parts of the world is frequently and sadly sometimes a precursor for other forced migrations.

DECEMBER 11, 2017ByDAVID A. DANGOOR
AN IRAQI RESIDENT walks past an old building destroyed during an electrical fire in Baghdad in 2011.

Korea: Time for action

NOVEMBER 29, 2017ByDANIEL S. SMITH
The Jerusalem Post

Double, double toil and trouble: Exploring modern-day witches

People may buy into magic in private, but many sectors of the modern world don’t tend to embrace such beliefs, viewing them as ridiculous or weak.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017ByRACHEL MYERSON
Age-old superstitions: Amulets and talismans from the ‘Angels and Demons Jewish Magic Through the Ages’ exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem.