Posts Tagged: The Talmud
New York Times Finds a Way to Israel-Bash Even When Recommending the Talmud
Is there no Jewish subject the New York Times can touch without somehow connecting it back to Israel-bashing? The Sunday New York Times Magazine features a...
The Talmud on a Desert Island
One of the longest-running radio program series on the BBC is "Desert Island Discs." It began in the year of my birth, 1942, and is...
Why the Talmud Is the Most Important Text in Judaism
It is always assumed that the most important text of Judaism is the Torah. But while it is true that the Torah is uniquely revered...
Why Chess Is Like the Talmud, and Why Jews Love Both
There is probably no game as difficult and captivating as chess. Thousands of books and tens of thousands of essays have been published on how...
