By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Close study of ancient texts – mishnaic, talmudic and midrashic – often shows that there was no one monolithic way of thinking about almost anything in rabbinic Judaism. That includes opinions on sexuality and gender, as shown in “And the Sages Did Not Know: E…
By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will hold the virtual book talk “Neo-Naz…
By Bill Simons
Do you want a trivia question that will stump all but the most erudite baseball scholars?
Ask who is the winningest Jewish pitcher of all time. It is Sandy Koufax, of course. Except it isn’t. Koufax is the GOAT obviously, but Kenny Holtzman is the winningest Jewish pitcher…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
In one of the Christian stories of Jesus, Herod the Great (73-4 B.C.E.) is portrayed as a monster: he’s said to have ordered the death of innocent children in order to kill a prophesied king of the Jews. In the biography “Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Once upon a time, romance novels focused on bringing two people together in married bliss with the action usually stopping either just before or after the wedding. Few featured women who wanted something more from life than a husband or who faced problems or difficu…
