Dr. Golub, director of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cincinnati, wrote this open letter in reply to an article by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver in the Bulletin November 18. Dr. Silver’s article attracted ...
After a student-led petition collected more than 1,400 signatures, the administration at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women has added Talmud classes back to the course schedule. (JTA) — ...
El Al, the Israeli National Airline, has begun to offer Torah, Talmud and Jewish law lessons on its long-haul flights, via a platform specially prepared for it by Yeshiva University, an Orthodox ...
(JTA) — The future of Talmud study for women at Yeshiva University remains uncertain after a dean told the student newspaper that the school would not replace a beloved teacher and that too few ...
Loyalty to a path means saying, “I belong. Sometimes I will fail, sometimes I will err, but I am all in.” This is completely ...
Torah learning benefits the student in both this world and beyond. Mishna Zayin succinctly captures this: “Torah is great, for it grants life in this world and the next.” This dual reward underscores ...
What has the Talmud ever done for us? This is a pertinent question for those generations of Jewish schoolchildren forced to pore over its text to no discernible effect on their later secular lives.
If you asked most people what the Talmud is, they would probably say it’s a book of laws. That is only partially true: It’s an inter-generational discussion about Jewish law, with the formal ...