Category Archives: Announcements

Introducing the ‘Real’ Talmud Blog: Two Events in NYC and Jerusalem

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

The Talmud Blog is a place – a virtual one, that is – where regular writers and guest authors gather to talk about everything and anything relating to classical rabbinic literature and its effect on Jewish culture. Ultimately, we hope … Continue reading →

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Rabbinics in the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

The international meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature will be held next week (July 22-26) in Amsterdam. As always, many sessions will be devoted to rabbinic literature; most notably this year are two multi-session units that will focus on … Continue reading →

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The Talmud Blog- Now on Facebook

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

A few weeks ago, we created a Facebook page for the Talmud blog. Our hope is that we can use the page in order to keep our readers up-to-date on Talmudic goings-on that might not merit blog posts. We would also like … Continue reading →

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Updates Regarding the TBBC

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

As announced a few weeks ago, starting February 6th we’ll be discussing Zvi Septimus’ article “Trigger Words and Simultexts: The Experience of Reading the Bavli,” in Barry Scott Wimpfheimer, ed. Wisdom of Bat Sheva: In Memory of Beth Samuels (Jersey City, NJ: Ktav, … Continue reading →

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Announcements Regarding The Talmud Blog Book Club (TBBC)

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

A little over a month ago we announced the first session of our “Book Club”.  While I’m sure many of our readers are just waiting for the moment to share their thoughts on Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s Demonic Desires, over here in … Continue reading →

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The Academy

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

A lot has changed since my father called me into his office at Children’s Hospital, some two decades ago, to show me something called “The World Wide Web”. The adolescent gaming nerd that I was, I pictured some kind of … Continue reading →

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Around the Web and Around Town- November 30, 2011

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Yes, we know, it’s been a while since our last around the web post.  This is mainly due to our Twitter feed, which has been covering a lot of internet based Talmudic going-ons.  If you want to stay up-to-date, make … Continue reading →

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Pet Projects

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

I am involved in two new and exciting projects at Hebrew U that although at some distance from academic Talmud, may be of interest to some readers of this blog.  The first is the Group for the Study of Late … Continue reading →

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The Book Club

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Over the next few weeks the Talmud Blog will be launching some exciting new ventures.  One of these is “The Book Club” – a space where a recent and significant book in the field will be discussed by readers of … Continue reading →

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Around the Web- September 20, 2011

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

First, in local news, we’d like to formally announce the opening of our Twitter account. You can now follow us @TalmudBlog. Thanks to our handy-dandy twitter-widget, our updates appear on the blog itself as well. The new issue of the “Safranim’s … Continue reading →

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