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 ...

Sefaria, a website that aims to put the nearly infinite Jewish canon online for free, has published an acclaimed translation of the Talmud in English. NEW YORK (JTA) — For centuries, studying a ...

Many students of the Talmud never get that initial spark because the language barrier prevents them from ever experiencing the joy of exploring the text’s depth. I hope that this new English edition ...

In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, shows how the women in the Talmud may be ...

(JTA) — When she was 14 years old, Elke Bentley could hear her father’s online Talmud classes through the wall between her bedroom and his home office in Brookline, Massachusetts. The 5 a.m ...