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A side-by-side comparison of the 1985 edition of the JPS Tanakh and the 2023 gender-sensitive edition demonstrates slight changes in the English translation. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
May 31, 2023, 5:51 pm
Backlash over ‘gender-sensitive’ Hebrew Bible translation that uses ‘God,’ not ‘He’
New online edition of the Tanach available via Sefaria doesn’t use either masculine or feminine pronouns for God
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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
Rabbanit Jenna Englender dances with the Torah during her graduation ceremony from Yeshivat Maharat in New York, June 17, 2019. (Shulamit Seidler-Feller/Maharat/via JTA)
December 15, 2020, 3:05 am
How a Bechdel test for Jewish texts is shaking up the beit midrash
A grassroots movement to include female authorities in Torah classes is gaining steam, though women’s historic disadvantage in the area means finding creative solutions
By Shira Hanau
Brett Lockspeiser, a co-founder of Sefaria, hopes to apply the database's approach highlighting the interconnections between texts to other bodies of knowledge. (Screenshots from Sefaria/ via JTA)
July 26, 2020, 3:56 am
After digitizing the Talmud, Sefaria seeks to do the same to democracy
Revolutionary database of digitally interconnected Torah writings launches pilot program bringing Jewish methods to constitutional study
By Shira Hanau
Women celebrate completing the 7 1/2-year cycle of Talmud study at a ceremony held by the organization Hadran in Jerusalem, January 2020. (Screenshot from YouTube/via JTA)
March 17, 2020, 4:35 am
In the new Daf Yomi cycle, daily Talmud study is reaching new populations
With a plethora of online learning tools, you can find yourself a study group even if you’re the only Jew in town
By Ben Sales
Young leaders study Torah from source sheets at a Hillel International event, November 2016. (Hillel International/via JTA)
October 5, 2017, 4:16 am
This Torah study tool is everywhere — but you may never have heard of it
Sefaria, a nimble online database of Jewish texts in both their original language and in translation, aids educators in making the ultimate source sheet
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Smartphone apps can help with everything from putting on tefillin correctly to finding a minyan to locating a kosher restaurant. (Lior Zaltzman/JTA)
May 10, 2017, 10:36 am
These 7 smartphone apps make life easier for religious Jews
Observant Jews can now look no further than their phones to find the nearest prayer quorum or kosher restaurant
By Josefin Dolsten
Betamidrah screenshot (Courtesy)
September 10, 2015, 7:19 pm
App brings English speakers 3,000 years of Jewish scholarship
Engineering students’ Betamidrash taps into open-source translations of Sefaria.org, bringing Torah study to anyone, anywhere
By David Shamah
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