Talmud

To embrace, simultaneously, the unknown alongside the knowable has indeed given us the strength and courage to find hope.

The first 2,000-year-old date seedling was named Methuselah (after the longest-lived person in the Bible) and is now impressively tall at Ketura.

A highly abridged version of the daily Dust & Stars.

If Rabbi Boteach does not want to rejoice at the demise of one of humankind’s evilest men, that is his prerogative, but the Jewish sources as they actually appear give the green light.

Gila Fine’s The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic reexamines Talmudic women, challenging stereotypes and offering fresh, scholarly perspectives on their roles and stories.

Though women have been historically forbidden or discouraged from learning the Talmud, Elke Bentley's family has always supported her pursuit of Torah study.

As a people bound to our Jewish texts, we question and delve into the unknowable to understand our relationship to God and mitzvot more fundamentally.

2,800-year-old stamp in Tel Hazor connects Hercules to northern Israel, depicting a hero battling a seven-headed serpent, reflecting Levantine visual culture and myth transmission complexities

As much as many of us might like things to be black and white or exactly fit how we think the world should be, life is rarely ever like that.

Shaina Taub, celebrating her Tony wins for "Suffs," quoted the Talmud in her speech, emphasizing unity for change amid challenging times in the US and globally.