A quote, written in the second century and attributed to Rabbi Tarfon, has been in the forefront of my mind lately.

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Purim and Jewish-Christian dialogue. Purim starts tonight and ...

This Shabbat morning we will read from three Torah-scrolls: From the first, we will read the weekly Torah-reading, Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19); however it is divided into six Aliyot ...

Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva, as found in the Talmud, Makkot 7a: “A Sanhedrin [Rabbinic court] that affects an execution once in seven years, is branded a destructive tribunal. Rabbi Eliezer ben ...

Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva, as found in the Talmud, Makkot 7a: “A Sanhedrin [Rabbinic court] that affects an execution once in seven years, is branded a destructive tribunal. Rabbi Eliezer ben ...

Rabbi Tarfon also taught, “The day is short, the task is great, but the reward is eternal” (Pirkei Avot 2:15). The love and nurturing we pour into our children will blossom into deeper ...

The Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Moshe Azman, stands next to the coffin of his son, Matityahu (Anton) Samborskyi, during a funeral ceremony at the central synagogue in Kyiv (Image: Getty).

Speaking to Rudaw’s Dilkhwaz Mohammed on Wednesday, Rabbi Yousef Hamra said he had returned to Damascus after 33 years of being forced to leave. “I am the first Jew to return to Syria.

Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, was questioned by Israel Police on suspicion of committing an indecent act against a minor under the age of 16 and subsequently released on ...

Rabbi Yaakov Medan, head of Har Etzion Yeshiva, responds to the comments by the dean of the Slabodka Yeshiva Rabbi Dov Lando, considered one of the leaders of the non-Hassidic (Litvish) haredi ...

Senior Israeli and Iranian rabbis were among the religious leaders to commemorate Turkish Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva during a Thursday online ceremony organized by the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic ...