In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’: Are the laws of kashrut based on an overly wide interpretation of a single verse in Deuteronomy?

How facing a plane crash changed my personal theology

Ep. 174: Gail Simmons, Shalom Auslander, Jill Kargman, Gil Hovav, and more on the Jewish foods that mean the most to them

Twenty-five years after he massacred 29 Palestinians midprayer, the killer is more revered than ever. Why?

From Queen Elizabeth to Abraham Lincoln, the story of Purim has shaped our most contentious debates

In unprecedented decision, judges rule Michael Ben-Ari unfit to serve

Tablet Original Fiction: What right has the Lord of the Universe to forget me?

Jules Feiffer’s American Follies looks left for politics as usual

How the fight for the next communications ecosystem could make a world dependent on Chinese technology, Chinese software, Chinese e-commerce, Chinese venture capital, and the Chinese market