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The latest issue of Glamour magazine has Christina Aguilera on the cover, but the publication’s contributors are not only concerned ...

The Aggadah is the non-Jewish Law-intensive part of the Talmud–that is, the part with all the cool stories and lasers ...

Though I’ve seen this a few times, it always makes me smile. Happy All-Star Game! Abner said to Joab, “Let ...

Over at his blog, Rabbi Andy Bachman has posted a beautiful tribute to his teacher, the late Rabbi A. Stanley ...

I often find secular references to the Talmud interesting — and usually off base. The most recent example comes from ...

First off, let me apologize for my weak blogging lately and, particularly, my sporadic posting about Pirkei Avot, which it ...

Judaism may be a religion of action (mitzvot), but speech — words — are, perhaps, considered equally powerful. In the ...

“There are 613 mitzvot (commandments from God) that all Jews are supposed to follow. Some of them are easy to ...

At the President’s Conference yesterday, I attended a session called “Jewish Identity: Unraveling or Renewing?” a panel discussion featuring — ...

Hillel — the 1st century sage — is one of Judaism’s great heroes. He is one half of the paradigmatic ...