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    The Talmud’s Hot Tub Time Machine

    How Moses could know how his people’s story would end before it was even written is in keeping with the spirit of ‘Daf Yomi’

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Olivia Hussey as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet' (1968)(Image Kid)
    Olivia Hussey as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet' (1968)(Image Kid)
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    Juliet’s Dilemma: Seduced Unmarried Minors Engaging in ‘Licentious Sexual Intercourse’

    Talmudic rabbis ask what agency young women have in determining their fate in sex, marriage, and divorce

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Russian actors Nikolai Osipovich Massalitinov and Olga Knipper (wife of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov) as Claudius and Gertrude in Edward Gordon Craig and Constantin Stanislavski's production of 'Hamlet' (1911).(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
    Russian actors Nikolai Osipovich Massalitinov and Olga Knipper (wife of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov) as Claudius and Gertrude in Edward Gordon Craig and Constantin Stanislavski's production of 'Hamlet' (1911).(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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    Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Brother’s Wife. Unless He Dies. Then—Well, Here’s the Thing…

    In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ questions of obligation in matters of levirate marriage, and how values change with time

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, California, on February 26, 2012.
    Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, California, on February 26, 2012.
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    Converting for Love (Like Natalie Portman’s Husband)? The Talmud Forbids It.

    Talmudic Rabbis regulated not just actions but reputations, and left a legacy we debate and refute to this day

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Arguing, a Jewish pastime.(Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
    Arguing, a Jewish pastime.(Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
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    How To Solve Disputes Between Schools of Jewish Thought? In Private, or Not at All.

    At what point does a disagreement between groups of Jews become a point of religious principle, which cannot be compromised?

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Unorthodox Union

    CBS’s off-key take on Jewish life and love

    byUnknown Author
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