El Al, the Israeli National Airline, has begun to offer Torah, Talmud and Jewish law lessons on its long-haul flights, via a platform specially prepared for it by Yeshiva University, an Orthodox ...

Yeshiva University gave its doctorate in Talmud to a woman, Shana Strauch Schick, 30, for the first time. The university’s graduate study program in Talmud has been available to women since 2000, but ...

Unlike Western literature, there is no correct (or incorrect way) to enter the world of Talmud. It is a vast sea, and wherever you are, that is the spot where you enter the sea. Last month, we entered ...

Friends at a Long Island high school invite teens like them — especially girls — to engage in the page-a-day study of Judaism’s vast body of law and lore. This article was produced as part of JTA’s ...

I just finished teaching a six-week course that was an introduction to the Talmud. Having spent years in its study, it was a chance for me to see it with new eyes. A teacher must be in touch with the ...

Since Talmud study is not enough, hopes for a breakthrough remain. (For previous articles in this series, see here and here.) In antisemistic environments, Talmud study helped keep Judaism alive. Boys ...

It is November 10, 1938. It’s in a small city in Germany. It is the night after Kristalnacht, the night of broken glass that ushered in the mass roundups and the killings that would become the ...

This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Here in New York, we‘ve seen a steady stream of coverage about the Siyum Hashas celebration held at Metlife stadium this past week — marking ...