Reading Talmud requires sophisticated textual interpretive abilities and has its own particular characteristics. But how do students learn to read Talmud? How can we assess that process? What can we ...

Though women have been historically forbidden or discouraged from learning the Talmud, Elke Bentley's family has always supported her pursuit of Torah study. When she was 14 years old, Elke Bentley ...

The Jewish educational website will offer a free daily email beginning on Jan. 5 to coincide with the restarting of the cycle of Daf Yomi, a century-old Jewish practice of studying a page of Talmud ...

Tuesday nights in Indianapolis, I have been teaching an introduction to the classic literature of Judaism. This last Tuesday, the topic was the Talmud, an amazing book, unique in world literature, but ...

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A global day of Jewish learning marks the completion of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s 45-year project of translating the Talmud into Hebrew. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — On Nov. 7, noted Talmud scholar and teacher ...

JTA — When she was 14 years old, Elke Bentley could hear her father’s online Talmud classes through the wall between her bedroom and his home office in Brookline, Massachusetts. The 5 a.m. start time ...

Pioneering online Talmud teacher dies at 56 Rabbi Dr. Judith Abrams was the founder and director of the online learning website MAQOM By JTA 25 October 2014, 11:00 am ...

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(JTA) — My Jewish Learning is launching a Talmud study series to coincide with the renewal of the Daf Yomi cycle on Jan. 5. Sometimes referred to as the world’s largest book club, Daf Yomi is a ...