Off the Daf: A Talmud Book Club

Join My Jewish Learning for a unique book club with a Talmud twist!

Whether you study Talmud regularly or are new to it, this book club is great on its own or as a supplement to Daf Yomi study. Every other month, we will feature fiction and non-fiction selections with a Talmud theme. Sometimes the author will join us in conversation! 

Sign up here to join the club to receive emails for each new book we’ll be reading as well as Zoom links to join the discussions.

The next Off the Daf selection is How to Read a Talmudic Story and will be joined by the author, Jeffrey Rubenstein, on Tuesday, May 12 at 12:00 p.m. ET. Register to be part of the conversation.

See what you’ve missed! Watch past discussions here.

So far we’ve read:

Rav Hisda’s Daughter, by Maggie Anton

The Talmud and the Internet, by Jonathan Rosen

Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic, by Gila Fine

Sage Tales: Wisdom and Wonder from the Rabbis of the Talmud, by Rabbi Burton Visotzky

Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud, by Barry W. Holtz

The Ruined House, by Ruby Namdar

If All the Seas Were Ink, by Ilana Kurshan

Aphrodite and the Rabbis, by Rabbi Burton Visotzky