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Cover of Yochanan's Gamble: Judaism's Pragmatic Approach to Life

Yochanan’s Gamble: Judaism’s Pragmatic Approach to Life

Cover of The Rise of Talmud

The Rise of Talmud

Cover of Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

Malka Z. Simkovich

Interview

Hearing is Believing: A Conversation Between Abigail Pogrebin and Dov Linzer

Abigail Pogrebin, Dov Linzer

September 9, 2024

Excerpt

Excerpt — The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom

Adina Allen

August 5, 2024

Cover of Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture

Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture

Cover of On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud

On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud

Andrew Blauner, ed.

Cover of A Guide to The Guide to the Perplexed: A Reader’s Companion to Maimonides’ Masterwork

A Guide to The Guide to the Perplexed: A Reader’s Companion to Maimonides’ Masterwork

Lenn E. Goodman

Essay

Curiosity and Community: My Journey in Torah Study

Leah Hager Cohen

May 20, 2024

Cover of Living with Our Dead: On Loss and Consolation

Living with Our Dead: On Loss and Consolation

Delphine Horvilleur; Lisa Appignanesi, trans.

Cover of The Living Room, Rearranged

The Living Room, Rearranged

Essay

Plagues and Hypotheses: Applying Science to the Passover Story

Jeremy Brown

April 22, 2024

Essay

Why I’m Bringing Joseph’s Mummy With Me This Passover

Angela Himsel

April 15, 2024

Cover of Why Rain Comes from Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination

Why Rain Comes from Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination

Devora Steinmetz

Cover of The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting

The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting

Cover of The Last Words of Moses

The Last Words of Moses

Micah Goodman; Ilana Kurshan, trans.