Babylonian Talmud

Babylon, not Egypt: Israel is running on the wrong story about Diaspora Jews - opinion

The Jewish people did not survive because everyone stayed committed. It survived because enough did. For most of our history, it has been the few leading the few.

Thousands of Jewish and Israeli Americans participate in the annual Israel Day Parade, the world’s largest pro-Israel parade, on May 31, in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who did not attend the march, is the first New York mayor not to do so.
 Hebrew Typewriter

What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion

 CELEBRATING ISRAEL during a New York parade. What does Chabad have against the flag?

An Israeli columnist called American Jews ‘traitors,’ here's why he's wrong - comment

 KIKAR YONI, Yoni Square in Jerusalem, is named for the heroic Netanyahu brother who fell in the 1976 raid on Entebbe.

This week in Jewish history: Yoni and Entebbe raid, Law of Return passed


Hadran Alach – We Have Returned to You

"Hadran alach, ve’hadrach alan”, Aramaic for “We have returned to you and we will return to you, dear tractate, and you have returned to us and will return to us.”

"Go and observe what the people are doing.” – Babylonian Talmud

12 year-old Israeli wins First International Talmud Quiz

The competition was held for both parents and children at the Jerusalem Theater and was an initiative of the Talmud Israeli project.

First-ever International Talmud Quiz in Jerusalem, Dec. 2019

Archaeological discovery helps prove Babylonian conquest of Israel

The current find is one of the oldest and perhaps the most prominent in its historical significance, as the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem is a major moment in Jewish history.

This is one of the Scythian type arrowheads found in the destruction layer from 587/586 BCE

Marathon Talmud study session unites national-religious community

Some of the most senior rabbis in the national religious community participated in the study session.

Rav Druckman with Mr. Kurt Rothschild.

Discovered Roman-era pool could be 'the krona of Tzipori' from Talmud

May serve as proof for the existence of a famous ancient Jewish bathing site.

The newly discovered Roman-era pool in Tzipori

People’s Talmud launches online

The new resource will contain 7,000 entries from the pages of the Talmud to make the wisdom of the ancient Jewish text accessible and relevant to all.

 People’s Talmud creator Gedaliah Gurfein exhibits his repository of Talmudic wisdom at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America this week.

Bringing the synagogue to the stage

The A’irra Shachar concerts feature four styles of bakashot.

Maimon Cohen

Halacha matters: Fighting the dark after the festival of light

Growth, transformation and renewal can take place on numerous levels only when we appreciate that transitions are often an opportunity.

SKIERS RIDE a ski lift on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights

Remembering Baghdad

The exodus of the Jews from many parts of the world is frequently and sadly sometimes a precursor for other forced migrations.

AN IRAQI RESIDENT walks past an old building destroyed during an electrical fire in Baghdad in 2011.

Korea: Time for action

The Jerusalem Post