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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Torah study

Rabbi Dov Linzer and Abigail Pogrebin, study partners and co-authors of 'It Takes Two to Torah' (Lorin Klaris)
September 15, 2024, 4:33 pm
What happens when a seemingly odd couple becomes friends and Torah study buddies?
In their new book, Reform journalist Abigail Pogrebin and Orthodox Rabbi Dov Linzer show genuine warmth and respect for one another while not dancing around their differences
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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
Hostage families attend a ceremony of writing a Torah scroll at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, in northern Israel on March 10, 2024 (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 10:45 am
Parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin launch ‘Week of Goodness’
Family aims to increase kindness, good deeds and generosity in the world in order to help bring about the redemption of 116 remaining October 7 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Sinai and Synapses puts science and religion in dialogue. (iStock/ Pict Rider)
April 22, 2024, 9:11 pm
An empirical haggadah reading? How one US group is mixing science and religion
Sinai and Synapses seeks to disprove the theory that spirituality and science are at odds, with programming that admittedly may leave participants with more questions than answers
By Rich Tenorio
File: Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, head of the Slabodka Yeshiva, seen in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 31, 2024, 6:28 pm
Top Haredi rabbi: Push to draft us into army is fueled by hatred of Torah life
Moshe Hillel Hirsch tells students some people simply don’t realize Torah study is saving the country, says community must make a stand that will likely include ‘self-sacrifice’
By ToI Staff
Zvi Ish-Shalom addresses a class on the Path of Primordial Light in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
January 13, 2023, 1:06 pm
Do you see the light? Descendant of Hasidic scholar teaches ‘Primordial Torah’
In his 20s, Zvi Ish-Shalom underwent a spiritual transformation rooted in Kabbalah; his new book offers an ‘experiential shift in consciousness’ – for Jews and non-Jews alike
By Jen Sonstein Maidenberg
Illustration from the 13th century Morgan Bible, of David bringing the Ark into Jerusalem. (Public domain)
December 17, 2022, 10:05 am
How priests, prophets and kings united Israel in monotheism and codified the Torah
In ‘The Book of Revolutions,’ Rabbi Edward Feld analyzes three of the Bible’s main precepts, written over hundreds of years and later compiled by exiled priests in Babylon
By Rich Tenorio
The Lehrhaus is inspired in part by Frankfurt's Jewish House of Free Study, where intellectuals of the early 20th century like Bertha Pappenheim, Leo Lowenthal, and Martin Buber lectured and learned. (Getty Images. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
August 21, 2022, 2:54 am
Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ – to study religious texts, drink beer
Combining the Old Country secular Torah study house and the kretshme, or Yiddish pub, the Boston Lehrhaus seeks to woo all denominations with food, cocktails and meaningful classes
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Aryeh Moshe Lieser went viral in the Orthodox world for talking about cold seltzer and studying the Torah. (Twitter/Yakovolf/ via JTA)
June 7, 2022, 6:59 pm
‘Yinglish’ slang goes viral in video on cold seltzer and Torah
After Rabbi Aryeh Moshe Leiser of Monsey, NY, opens up about what he loves most, his sincerity – and clever use of ‘yeshivish’ language – send the Orthodox community buzzing
By Jacob Henry
Illustrative: A Shavuot learning session at the secular Bina Yeshiva in Tel Aviv, 2015. (Courtesy Bina Yeshiva)
June 3, 2022, 2:48 pm
Four New York spots for all-night Shavuot learning in the city that never sleeps
Originating with 16th-century Jewish mystics, the custom of Tikkun Leil Shavuot is now as much a part of the holiday as cheesecake. Here are some top picks for great classes in NY
By julia GERGELY
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
Rabbi Shais Rishon speaks at a rally in New York City, January 2020. (Gili Getz via JTA)
March 17, 2021, 4:53 am
Anti-racism advocate / rabbi / rapper publishes contemporary Torah commentary
Black Orthodox Rabbi Shais Rishon examines Judaism’s foundational text with an eye on race and gender within the framework of tradition
By Josefin Dolsten
Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff (left) in the green screen room with actors Daniel Malka (center) and Chen Belilty. (Courtesy)
February 28, 2021, 11:29 am
Deaf rabbi translates Torah into sign language
Yehoshua Soudakoff says his project, which will see the entire Bible visually acted out, makes Judaism accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing who miss out on communal readings
By Ellie Jacobs
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
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