Category Archives: Talmud in the News

The Afghani ‘Geniza’

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

A few months ago, news broke in the Israeli media of an important manuscript trove that was discovered in Afghanistan. A spate of articles appeared in the press, each one covering just a bit more than the one prior it. … Continue reading →

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From the Pages of Haaretz

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

One of the best parts of the holiday season here in Israel is that the local papers have to put out more supplemental material to keep everyone occupied. In addition to the regular weekend magazines, each holiday gets its own special … Continue reading →

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Around the Web (more or less) – August 12, 2011

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Mississippi Fred MacDowell of On the Mainline posted a fascinating comment on Christian Hebraism and the Mishnah on Amit’s post from two weeks ago. Although he only identifies here as “S.”, the digital-database savvy and characteristic out-of-the-box thinking of MacDowell is as … Continue reading →

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The Book and the Legend

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

In the year 1903, C.N. Bialik and Y.H. Ravnitsky, neighbors in the same building in Odessa, set out to produce what would be one of the most influential books in the study of aggada since the Ein Yaakov. Sefer ha-Aggadah- The … Continue reading →

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Reading the Talmud in…

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

The South Korean interest in Talmud has been a real hot-topic over the past few months. This piece outlines the phenomena, but as a simple Google search will show, there are many, many more articles on the subject (see also Menachem Mendel’s … Continue reading →

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