But some colleagues and admirers in Israel suggest another reason for the muted reaction is that Mr Mokyr is based in America ...

Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical commentary on the Talmud in Hebrew.

Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” is a Jewish text that compiles ethical teachings and moral wisdom from a wide range of ...

Israeli settlers have torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank. The attack comes a day after some Israeli leaders condemned recent settler violence ...

Though we were raised in the ultra-Orthodox Satmar Hasidic community of Jerusalem, my father never let go of his Indian ...

But this week, I had the privilege of teaching San Diego students—preschoolers at Beth Montessori of La Jolla and 2nd-graders ...

Five years after his death, the UK’s beloved former chief rabbi is touching the country’s soul with his call to strengthen ...

A scholar mentored by Sacks hopes to preserve and disseminate the former UK chief rabbi’s legacy as one of the greatest ...

Israel’s Bar-Ilan University has launched a groundbreaking new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), The Jewish Philosophy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.” Timed to coincide with the fifth yahrzeit of the late ...

A look at some of the noteworthy meetings, panels, talks, paper presentations, and performances at this year’s annual meeting ...

Packed with lively social events, panels, seminars, a timeline exhibition and more, a landmark alumni-led event celebrates ...