Skullcap, Kippah, or Yarmulke?
Skullcap, Kippah, or Yarmulke?
Three different words for the same Jewish head covering. Are they interchangeable?
J Sarna: 100 Years Later, Has Louis Brandeis’s Supreme Court Nomination Changed Anything?
100 Years Later, Has Louis Brandeis’s Supreme Court Nomination Changed Anything?
Louis Brandeis’s elevation to the Supreme Court was a watershed moment for American Jews — but, paradoxically, it seemed to do nothing to lessen this country’s anti-Semitism, Jonathan Sarna writes.
Ancient ‘rabbi’ burial inscription uncovered in Tzippori
Ancient ‘rabbi’ burial inscription uncovered in Tzippori
New discovery uncovers three burial inscriptions from 1,700-years-ago, revealing the importance of the city.
R Alter: How a Young Literary Scholar Came to Teach the Hebrew Bible at Berkeley
How a Young Literary Scholar Came to Teach the Hebrew Bible at Berkeley
Go west, young Hebraist.
Rabbi Behind Bars: Organizing a Different Kind of Minyan in West Virginia
Rabbi Behind Bars: Organizing a Different Kind of Minyan in West Virginia | Matzav.com
Rabbi Behind Bars: Organizing a Different Kind of Minyan in West Virginia January 27, 2016 6:21 am 0 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Most rabbis don’t consider close proximity to a prison a selling point when purchasing a home. But after living in Morgantown, W.V., for a few years, Rabbi Zalman G…
R D Landes: A Dream in Brno
A Dream in Brno
Franz Kafka’s proclivity for irony, paradox, shadow and dream were thoroughly evident in this past Shabbat’s dedication of a……
A Kirsch: Is ‘Tikkun Olam’ for the Betterment of the World, or Just for the Betterment of Divorce?
Is ‘Tikkun Olam’ for the Betterment of the World, or Just for the Betterment of Divorce?
Literary critic Adam Kirsch is reading a page of Talmud a day, along with Jews around the world. One of the secrets to the continuity of Judaism is that the same words can evolve to mean totally different things. The Talmud is full of this kind of semantic shifting: The rabbis regularly interpret…
Two weeks ago, I rescinded my shul membership. The rabbi had made a public statement against the use of……
Coming soon – Yeshiva University’s Annual Seforim Sale
Yeshiva University’s Annual Seforim Sale
Students Present North America’s Largest Jewish Book Sale Feb. 7-28
