Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Charismatic Leaders, False Messiahs
‘The Mixed Multitude’ by Pawel Maciejko
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Who Wrote the Talmud?
Jeffrey Rubenstein translates ‘The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud’
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Kafka at the Spa
‘The Lost Worlds of Jewish Spa Culture,’ by Mirjam Zadoff
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: A Heschel Master Class
‘Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Call to Transcendence,’ by Shai Held
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Revisiting Prohibition
The role of Jewish bootleggers and the struggle for cultural acceptance
Rabbi Wolpe’s Picks: Unraveling a Mishnah Mystery
Introducing Rabbi David Wolpe’s new series on Jewish scholarship
Malcolm Gladwell Has a Theory for Everything—Except Inscrutability
The pop-sci writer’s new ‘David and Goliath’ peddles counterintuitive stories but lacks a soul
Worshippers, a Love Story: Understanding the Jewish People’s Relationship to God
As we contemplate our connection to the Divine on the High Holidays, we should recall the reciprocal love at the heart of Judaism
Tu B’Shevat and the ‘Nature’ of Jews
On Tu B’Shevat, Jews celebrate the natural world. Do we praise it for its own sake, or only as a reflection of God?
Jew vs. Jew at the Western Wall
At the Western Wall, the latest incarnation of an ancient Jewish battle between tradition and modernity
Fyvush Finkel: A Charming Conversation With a Longtime Serious Mensch
As the 91-year-old Yiddish theater star embarks on a Purim cabaret show, we revisit his appearance on Vox Tablet
Pin the Crime on the Jew: Blood Libel and the Case of Mendel Beilis
Edmund Levin plumbs trial transcripts to examine how one of Russia’s biggest court cases fed on the myth of Jewish malice
As If You Needed It, Yet Another Reason To Be in Miami: The Delis
Evolving Jewish culture—and doctors’ orders—dealt a blow to South Florida’s delicatessens. But they’re making a comeback.
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