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Tale of Two Talmuds: Jerusalem and Babylonian

The two versions of the Talmud developed simultaneously in the two major Jewish communities of the rabbinic era.

How A Jew Buys Cowboy Boots in Texas

Last week while I was visiting my hometown of Austin, Texas, I was moved to get a new pair of ...

Berakhot 59

Rearranging the stars.

Jewish Routines for Children

Creating positive educational experiences for your family.

Why I’m Passionate about Transgender Justice

If you’re in Boston, please join us for Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 23rd at 2:30pm in John F Kennedy Park. After, we ...

Moses and Hubris

There’s a great Seinfeld episode–and one I relate to–in which George Constanza worries that he must have cancer because his life ...

Nedarim 10

The ultra righteous.

Did Moses Write the Torah?

Although modern traditionalist Judaism uniformly affirms the divinity of the Torah, classical sources disagree on what role Moses had in its production.

Parashat Shoftim: Summary

Moses reviews for the Israelites their system of justice, the rules of kingship, their relationship to idolatrous nations, and the rules of doing battle.

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