In Nuclear Talks, Iran Has Won the First Round
It’s already gotten important concessions from the U.S.
April 15, 2025
Repentance, Rabbinic Courts, and Earl Warren
The Talmud lecture that contributed to the Miranda ruling.
For some, last week marked an important date on the Jewish calendar unrelated to the approach of Passover: the completion on Wednesday of Tractate Sanhedrin in the cycle of daily Talmud study known as daf yomi. This particularly rich volume addresses the structure of rabbinic courts, criminal law, and criminal procedure. David Bashevkin describes a remarkable lecture about one of its themes:
April 15, 2025
Dostoevsky’s Explanation of Hamas’s Sadistic, Infanticidal, Frenzy
Ivan Karamazov in Gaza.
A Military Seder on the Eve of the Liberation of Dachau
The story of Hilbert and Howard Margol.
The Clash of Ideas Underlying Israel’s Internal Strife
Elected leaders vs. state institutions.
Repentance, Rabbinic Courts, and Earl Warren
The Talmud lecture that contributed to the Miranda ruling.