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Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef (right) and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber (left), with Israel's President Isaac Herzog during their swearing-in ceremony at the President Residence in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 21, 2025, 5:51 pm
Chief Rabbinate says it’s willing to let women take some rabbinical tests
After High Court of Justice ruled it must open its exams to women, state rabbinical body asks court to hold another hearing and postpone implementation of its original ruling
By Rossella Tercatin
A group of female Torah scholars petitions the High Court of Justice to be allowed to take the rabbinical tests administered by the Chief Rabbinate in an image from 2019. (Courtesy, ITIM)
July 14, 2025, 11:32 pm
Chief Rabbinate must open rabbinical tests to women, High Court rules
The ruling does not imply that women are entitled to be ordained as rabbis, but it offers unprecedented recognition of their Torah scholarship
By Rossella Tercatin
Ancient Syriac manuscript from the private collection of Raad Abdul-Ahed from the Kurdish city of Dohuk, northern Iraq, as photographed in 2015. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
April 19, 2025, 9:00 am
Could AI solve the enigmas of ancient Talmud-like Christian manuscripts in Aramaic?
An Israeli researcher uses computational technology to showcase that the scribes compiling Syriac texts made active editorial choices, similar to the redactors of Jewish Gemara
By Rossella Tercatin
Elke Bentley, 18, completed the study of the Babylonian Talmud in just two and a half years. (Courtesy Elke Bentley via JTA)
July 29, 2024, 8:34 pm
Teenage girl goes through entire Talmud in 2.5 years, breaking gender and speed norms
Amid an upswell of women in a typically male pursuit, Elke Bentley took advantage of newly available resources and a changing landscape to achieve her goal
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Shaina Taub accepts the Best Original Score award for "Suffs" onstage during The 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions via JTA)
June 17, 2024, 5:10 pm
‘Suffs’ creator cites Jewish text Pirkei Avot in Tony Awards acceptance speech
Shaina Taub says Talmudic quote ‘You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it’ grounded her while she wrote her award-winning Broadway show
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative photo of a Talmud page. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
June 3, 2024, 5:19 am
Rashi was right: Machine learning confirms unique status of some Talmudic tracts
New study shows that the ‘special tractates’ of the Babylonian Talmud have distinct linguistic features, as commented on by medieval sages
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative photo of grapes ready for harvest in the Golan. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
April 22, 2024, 10:11 am
Two thousand years ago, wine was likely as complex and flavorful as today
Roman wines ‘may even have rivaled the fine wines of today,’ archaeologist says; Israeli wine expert opines that Jewish wine during the Roman period was likely ‘very great’
By Gavriel Fiske
Ed Sheeran performs on NBC's 'Today' at Rockefeller Plaza on June 6, 2023 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images via AFP)
June 14, 2023, 6:40 am
Ed Sheeran is popular — but Talmud more so, per stadium attendance
British singer-songwriter came close to setting attendance record at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this week; a 2012 celebration of Talmud study had him beat
By Jackie Hajdenberg
From L-R President Isaac Herzog, MK Simcha Rothman, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, National Unity leader Benny Gantz (Flash 90)
February 15, 2023, 1:33 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 15: Can Herzog change the course of judicial reform?
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses the president’s efforts to mediate the contested plan; health and science writer Nathan Jeffay looks at the results of 3 new studies
By ToI Staff
Prof. David Weiss Halivni in Israel, ca. 2016 (Meir Meiersdorf, via wikipedia, CC-BY-SA)
June 29, 2022, 2:57 pm
David Weiss Halivni, pillar of Talmudic scholarship, Holocaust survivor, dies age 94
A prodigy, Halivni received rabbinic ordination at 15, won the Israel Prize and molded generations of scholars in US and Israel, teaching well into his 90s
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Oxford Annotated Mishnah is the product of 10 years of rigorous academic scholarship.(Image courtesy of Oxford University Press; design by Grace Yagel/ JTA)
June 21, 2022, 4:51 am
They set out to produce an ‘accessible’ Mishnah. The price tag: $645
Oxford University Press annotated version of notoriously cryptic Oral Torah compendium comes steep even for an academic title, but may become more affordable in the future
By Jackie Hajdenberg
An ancient bronze fork found at Korazim National Park, believed to be from the Talmudic period (Ahia Cohen-Tavor/Nature and Parks Authority)
April 22, 2022, 6:17 pm
Girl finds rare ancient fork at 1,500-year-old dig site near Sea of Galilee
Members of the public participate in work to uncover ancient Jewish village at Korazim, also uncover an elaborate earing
By ToI Staff
Miriam Anzovin posts her reactions to the Daf Yomi page-a-day Talmud study regimen on TikTok, and people either love it or hate it. (Courtesy)
February 10, 2022, 2:36 am
Raunchy TikTok Talmud tidbits spark slut-shaming and heated discourse
Miriam Anzovin’s ‘Daf Reactions’ cause as many disputes as their source material; some find them sacrilegious, others refreshing, but their creator says they’re simply heartfelt
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: A 12-volume set of Babylonian Talmud with commentaries, printed in Amsterdam by Immanuel Benveniste, 1644-47 (Kestenbaum & Company)
January 7, 2022, 4:03 am
New online translation by Sefaria may be the Jerusalem Talmud’s ‘Cinderella moment’
The nonprofit offers free access to Jewish texts, and debuts one of its most ambitious projects yet – an interactive version of a cryptic and oft-overlooked version of the Talmud
By David Stromberg
A Meshek Kedumim egg featuring a message to participants in the Daf Yomi Talmud study program in honor of the conclusion of Tractate Beitzah, which means "egg." (Facebook via JTA)
October 7, 2021, 11:49 am
Chicken farm releases eggs marking milestone for Talmud learners
As Daf Yomi studiers finish Tractate Beitzah, which means egg in Hebrew, Meshek Kedumim prints congratulations directly on its eggs
By Shira Hanau
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