The article discusses the implications of a passage in the Talmud that states all Jews have a share in the World to Come, even those executed for serious cri...

Isaac Deutscher, a former Gerer Hasid who became a prominent Marxist journalist and historian, underwent a transformative journey from his Jewish roots to a ...

Literary critic Adam Kirsch reflects on reading a page of the Talmud daily and highlights the dual portrayal of rabbis within its text. In the legal discussi...

"Nathan the Wise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is a play that contrasts with Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," presenting a philo-Semitic narrative refl...

The Talmud extensively discusses the laws and complexities surrounding marriage, from betrothal to divorce, highlighting the legalistic nature of marriage in...

In his book "Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea," Mitchell Duneier explores the shared history of the word "ghetto," originally inhabit...

Jewish law views betrothal as a form of acquisition, akin to purchasing a slave or real estate, with the groom acquiring the bride through kiddushin before m...

The text discusses the beginning of the tractate Kiddushin in the Talmud, which deals with the process of betrothal in Jewish marriage. It explains that betr...

In wrapping up the study of Tractate Gittin in the Talmud, readers confront the grounds for divorce under Jewish law. Disagreements among the sages revolve a...

The discussion on the Talmud's view of divorce conditions raises concerns about the inhumane treatment of women. The text explores scenarios where husbands i...