Qassem Suleimani’s Reign of Terror Comes to an End
And the U.S. shows its willingness to use force.
January 6, 2020
What a Reform Rabbi Learned from Studying the Entire Talmud
Not always poetic, bur reliably inspiring.
The seven-and-a-half-year cycle of Talmud study known as daf yomi (“daily page”), which concluded its thirteenth iteration last week, has grown greatly in popularity in Orthodox, and especially ultra-Orthodox, circles since it was initiated by a Polish rabbi in the 1920s. But not all who commit themselves to the regimen of studying one folio page of the Talmud every day are Orthodox. Benjamin David, the rabbi of a Reform congregation in New Jersey, reflects on successfully completing the daf yomi:
January 6, 2020
Do Those Committed to Championing the Downtrodden Have Any Sympathy for Ultra-Orthodox Jews?
“Our sin was to have whitewashed the Crown Heights pogrom of 1991 and lavished its instigator Al Sharpton with respectability.”
The U.S. Should Stop Ignoring the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Anti-Semitism
Rolling out the red carpet for a man who distributes The International Jew to his followers.
Making Sense of Martin Buber
Is his unusual childhood the key?
What a Reform Rabbi Learned from Studying the Entire Talmud
Not always poetic, bur reliably inspiring.