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Tel Aviv prof Vered Noam is first woman to receive Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies

Noam said that women still have a way to go before they have equality in the study of Torah and Talmud.

A New Biblical Interpretation Says Jews Can Eat Bacon After All

It might be time to rethink everything you thought you knew about Jews and bacon. As you know, the laws of kashrut dictate that pigs are inherently unkosher: “And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you” (Leviticus, 11:7). Pretty straightforward. But Dr. Robert […]

Maimonides on Dieting: Matzah Sucks, and Bread’s Bad, Too

Moses Maimonides aka Rambam (1135-1204) was a full-time physician, philosopher, and Rabbinic commentator. So how did he have time to eat healthfully instead of just grabbing some ramen on the go? A strange new diet book, The Mind Body Synergy Diet, attempts to answer this question – by way of providing insights into Maimonides’ long […]

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Tel Aviv prof Vered Noam is first woman to receive Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies

A New Biblical Interpretation Says Jews Can Eat Bacon After All

Maimonides on Dieting: Matzah Sucks, and Bread’s Bad, Too

It Wasn’t Easy Being an Iberian Court Jew

The Talmud of Star Trek

Rabbi Akiva, The Late-Blooming Sage

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Tel Aviv prof Vered Noam is first woman to receive Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies

A New Biblical Interpretation Says Jews Can Eat Bacon After All

Maimonides on Dieting: Matzah Sucks, and Bread’s Bad, Too

It Wasn’t Easy Being an Iberian Court Jew

The Talmud of Star Trek

Rabbi Akiva, The Late-Blooming Sage

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