Although Rabbi Jacobs’ article alludes to numerous other examples of scientific knowledge, let me conclude by examining a broader area which might be termed practical or applied astronomy.

The chance to partake in an introductory course in Talmudic literacy is an opportunity that should be grasped with great ...

The Talmud, a comprehensive body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend, encompasses the Mishnah and the Gemara. It records discussions among rabbinical leaders regarding Jewish law and ...

The Talmud purports to be the written version of the oral Torah that Pharisaic and later Orthodox Judaism believed was ...

possibly confirming some challenges described in the Jerusalem Talmud, Dr. Avner Ecker from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who co-authored the paper with Hebrew University colleague Prof.

Following World War II, Jewish survivors — mostly women, but some men — married members of the Allied forces. Speaking with ...

Throughout the years, wherever I’ve traveled, I’ve met people who tell me they became religious through the pages of The Jewish Press. Others, who came from small communities devoid of a large Ort ...

One day into a three-day retreat for Orthodox Jews who identify as LGBTQ+, Zippy Spanjer looked around and liked what she saw.

Our Judaism is broadly defined as the collective historical experience of the Jewish people – a widely and wildly diverse experience that has helped foster our extraordinary resilience.

Newly restored with a modern score, “Breaking Home Ties” screens as part of the New York Jewish Film Festival, which opens Thursday. In the early 1920s, a Jewish filmmaker set out to create a ...