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Children evacuated from Germany on the Kindertransport in 1938/1939 are given candies in Southampton, England

This Yom Kippur, we must jump the barricades and become a unified Jewish state

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

FREED HOSTAGE Sapir Cohen holds up a poster of captive partner Sasha Alexander Trupanov at an Evening of Unity at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, New York City, Aug. 27.

Yom Kippur: Finding hope in times of uncertainty

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH

DR. SARAH SALLON (right) and Dr. Elaine Solowey at Kibbutz Ketura.

Hadassah University Medical Center solves biblical mystery with ancient seed

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

CELEBRATING SIYUM HASHAS, the completion of the ‘Daf Yomi,’ a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of studying the Talmud, at Har Etzion Yeshiva.

This week in Jewish history: The start of the IDF draft and the Daf Yomi cycle

By Steven Drucker

Demonstrators pray near a mock coffin during a protest against the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, in Lebanon's capital Beirut, August 2, 2024.

Jewish texts permit celebrating the death of enemies

By ARI ZIVOTOFSKY

Author Gila Fine.

‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic': Gila Fine’s fine book on women in the Talmud

By PAM PELED

Elke Bentley, 18, completed reading the Babylonian Talmud in just two-and-a-half years.

Meet the teenaged girl who read the Talmud in two-and-a-half years

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

The red heifers brought to Israel from Texas.

The red heifer: A statute with a cause

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH

The scene depicted on the surface of this black-figued amphora shows Heracles and his servant Ialous fighting the Lernean Hydra and the giant crab. Behind the hero the goddess Athena.

Newly discovered link between Hercules, Israel suggests cultural exchange in region

MEN STUDY the Talmud and other holy books at a Beit Midrash.

Could pages from the Talmud assist in dealing with problems Israel has today?

By ZACK ROTHBART

Shaina Taub at the 2022 Drama League Awards

‘Suffs’ creator Shaina Taub cites Jewish text in Tony Awards acceptance speech

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

CUSTOMERS SHOP in the dairy section of a supermarket ahead of Shavuot. The Torah calls on us to find holiness in our every action – our meals, our work, our everyday interactions with others, and beyond, says the writer.

Finding purpose in cheesecake on Shavuot

By KENNETH BRANDER

THE AUTHOR references ‘madwoman in the attic’ from Charlotte Brontë’s Gothic-style classic ‘Jane Eyre,’ connecting her to Talmudic stories about women.

The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: the Talmud and feminine dichotomy

By ELLIOTT MALAMET

SHANI LOUK’S father, Nissim, looks on at Shani’s funeral this week, after her body was retrieved by the IDF from the Gaza Strip. Shani was murdered on October 7 as she tried to escape the Hamas massacre at the Supernova music festival.

What's going on with Israel during the war is not normal

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Aner Shapira z"l

Angel of death and signs of hope, Israel's dichotomy - opinion

By KENNETH BRANDER

Babylonian Talmud that survived the Holocaust gifted to Yad Vashem by President Herzog, April 17, 2024.

President Herzog gifts Babylonian Talmud that survived the Holocaust to Yad Vashem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Illustration of a hostage being taken.

We must fight for hostages but know we cannot imagine what they're going through

By LEVI COOPER

After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within them

The opportunity that comes in rebuilding anew

By KENNETH BRANDER