Talmud

Readers often ask: How did a girl raised in a secular socialist family in Los Angeles come to be a ...

Bridgegate.The story broke two weeks ago, and updates are still front-page news.Allegedly, New Jersey Governor Christie’s leadership team closed lanes ...

About a year ago, someone recommended a Paulo Coelho book to me—a popular one— The Alchemist . Most people I ...

Two weeks ago I posted a piece responding to some articles on patrilineality which provoked several excellent other blog posts ...

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Are you on the freedom bandwagon yet? Celebrations of the concept of freedom seem to be permeating the cultural-political zeitgeist ...

The Daf Yomi (Hebrew for “page a day”), is a program for learning Talmud.  Participants study one page a day, ...

I’m skeptical of Hanukkah. Maybe it’s the rampant commercialism that defines the entire month of December. Maybe it’s the way ...

It’s not over until… When the Simpsons go to see Carmen at the Springfield Opera House Homer asked Bart when ...

This past Sunday was claimed by many churches around the country ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’.  It’s the day that the pastors ...