NEW YORK (JTA) — One of these days, maybe ahead of Simchat Torah, you are going to attend a Jewish studies class. Or not. But let’s say you do. You’ll sit in a classroom, or a lounge, or in the front ...

'Divrei HaLev': A renowned Talmudist rabbi's weekly Torah portion lessons - review Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical ...

The Torah, known to Christians as The Five Books of Moses," is chanted aloud year-round in synagogues all over the world. Regardless of which branch of Judaism a community is affiliated with, the same ...

“Kollel should be a meritocracy — a place for the few who are truly destined for scholarship, not a refuge for the unwilling. Torah learning should inspire men to serve, to build, to defend, to uplift ...

Never did I imagine, as a preppy high school student at a Protestant boarding school, that my spiritual journey would lead me to serious Torah study. At my bat mitzvah, despite several years of Hebrew ...

In Israel today, the Haredi question is no longer a marginal sociological issue. It sits at the center of our politics, our economy, and our social fabric: mass draft exemptions, low male workforce ...

Unfortunately, the Jewish world in recent years has been shocked by news of rabbis and religious leaders engaging in financial or sexual impropriety. May one study the sefarim, or listen to the ...