How does one go about writing a feminist commentary on the Talmud — the literary-legal corpus, notorious for its exclusion of women, that has transfixed Jewish (and non-Jewish) scholars for millennia?

NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the octogenarian therapist and TV host, is famous for her frank and open talk about sex. But she’s being called out for her recent comments about sexual consent — ...

During the course of her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court seat left open by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Amy Coney Barrett was often asked about her judicial philosophy, which she ...

As a child, my parents encouraged me to read for pleasure. Being a mostly obedient sort, I happily obliged. I particularly enjoyed reading biographies, primarily those of famous athletes, but also ...

David Stromberg is a writer, translator, and literary scholar based in Jerusalem. His nonfiction has appeared in The American Scholar, Literary Matters, and Speculative Nonfiction, and his fiction in ...

Why are you studying daf yomi? This is a question one is likely to hear from the type of clever person who likes to stand out from the crowd and pour cold water on whatever seems too trendy or popular ...

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