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Why secular Israelis are turning to Talmud

Rabbi Ayala Deckel teaches classic Jewish texts beyond the confines of the traditional yeshivah

By Simon Rocker

4 min read
Learning for all: students at Bina
An old Armored Tank brought from Syria as seen at the Oz 77 Armored Battalion Memorial site with the names of the new fallen IDF soldiers, not far from Birkat Ram, northern Golan Heights, May 15, 2025. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90
Torah

Beware an over-reliance on power, the rabbis warned

By Benedict Roth

3 min read
EF3KJM London, UK. 26th January, 2015. Ambassador of Israel HE Daniel Taub (R) visits the Orthodox Jewish community of Stamford Hill with Rabbi Osher Schapiro (L) Credit: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy Live News
Talmud

This man knows how you can talk to your children about Israel

By Simon Rocker

6 min read
Prize-winner: Gila Fine
Rabbi Sacks

British-born author wins Sacks book prize

By Simon Rocker

1 min read
Keeping clear of kosher tables: a pig out on a stroll in France (Photo:Getty Images)
Kosher

How the pig became a bête noire

By Simon Rocker

3 min read
A Jewish family sitting in a Sukkah during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Moshav Yashresh, on October 2, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** סוכה סוכות משפחה חג חגים מבנה מושב ישרש
Succot

What should we think about when we are sitting in the succah?

By Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld

3 min read
Lasting impressions: Gila Fine’s book references (from left) Marilyn Monroe, Gone With the Wind’s Scarlett O’Hara, Miss Piggy and Odette from Swan Lake. Below: Gila Fine and her book
Talmud

The Talmud’s women aren’t always what they seem

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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Online antisemites’ new frontier? The Talmud

By Hannah Gillott

5 min read

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August 20, 2024 17:26
Ultra orthodox jewish kids study on the first day of school at an Ultra-Orthodox school founded by Rabbi Shmuel Stern in Jerusalem on August 9, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** תלמוד תורה בית ספר חרדים ילדים קורונה וירוס חרדים תלמוד תורה
Chana Hughes

By Chana Hughes

It’s easy to scoff, but the Schofield story matters

3 min read

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June 5, 2023 13:53
It’s easy to scoff, but the Schofield story matters
Adam Leigh

By Adam Leigh

The Talmud is the reason Jews make such good romcoms

3 min read

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May 24, 2023 13:28
The Talmud is the reason Jews make such good romcoms