In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ Talmudic rabbis determine the finer points of animal sacrifice and follow their logical reasoning to the limits of the absurd

How a Jewish-American soldier in WWII survived in a POW camp—and even managed to celebrate Passover under the Nazis’ noses

How a trip to Uganda led me back to the Torah

How the Jewish neoliberal éminence grise of Emmanuel Macron’s government became both Marine Le Pen’s perfect enemy and her accidental inspiration

How a grueling 56-mile ultramarathon in South Africa became a stage for racial reconciliation—and national belonging for immigrant Jews

Why Hurricane Maria is only part of the problem in the U.S. territory

How I came to know one of the scientist’s love interests from the early days of the Weimar Republic

The lead author of the field guide to late 1960s and ’70s countercultural Judaism died last week

Tablet Fiction: ‘I am the custodian of the killing fields’