admin | February 26, 2020
Photo Credit: Jewish Press Two words we read towards the end of our parsha naaseh ve-nishma, We will do and we will hear are among the most famous in Judaism. They are what our ancestors said when they accepted the covenant at Sinai. They stand in the sharpest possible contrast to the complaints, sins, backslidings and rebellions that seem to mark so much of the Torahs account of the wilderness years
admin | February 17, 2020
Photo Credit: Jewish Press The story of Eastern European Haskalah as compared to Western European Haskalah was different in structure, yet similar in tone. While it was less focused on the dominant gentile culture, it was just as persistent in its efforts to root out traditional Jewish culture. As for that dominant gentile culture, there was not much to aspire to in the Polish peasants or the Russian proletariat.
admin | February 17, 2020
Harekla Hajabba earned $2.80 a day as recently as 20 years ago, selling oranges in Mangalore, India.
admin | February 16, 2020
Vered Noam of Tel Aviv University has been awarded the Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies the first time that a woman has received the award.
admin | February 16, 2020
Photo Credit: TPS Professor Vered Noam, a Talmudic studies lecturer at Tel Aviv University, was announced on Monday the recipient of the 2020 Israel Prize for Talmudic Studies, the first woman in history to receive the prestigious award. Noams focus is on Rabbinic literature, Second Temple literature, and early Halakha. The committee that chose Noam stated she is being recognized for her many achievements, demonstrating, first and foremost, impressive research excellence expressed in first-class publications
admin | February 15, 2020
Professor Vered Noam, head of the Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, has become the first woman to be awarded the annual Israel Prize for Talmudic studies, it was announced on Monday. The prize jury, headed by Rabbi Daniel Sperber, a professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, described Noam as an internationally renowned scholar.
admin | February 15, 2020
TheTorah columnis supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek.YitroExodus 18:120:23 This weeks Torah portion is central to the theology of the Jewish people.
admin | February 15, 2020
End Times broadcaster Rick Wiles is not only a virulent anti-Semite but also a radical conspiracy theorist, and those two obsessions merged on Wednesday nights edition of his TruNews program, which resulted in some pretty wild claims being made.
admin | February 15, 2020
In Parshat Yitro, Bnei Yisrael received the Torah as a community, yet each individuals relationship with the Torah is personal and unique.
admin | February 14, 2020
The Talmud is the basis of everything in Judaism, Rabbanit Michelle Cohen Farber said. Most of our Judaism comes from the Talmud, and learning it creates a different understanding of our tradition and our religion
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