Lectures in Jewish History and Thought. No hard questions, please.
Conference theme: Sustainability, Resilience, and the Torah.
Read More Truth Will Spring from the Earth: Gutenberg, the Internet, and the New Uncertainty PrincipleThe Internet is a strange and often wonderful place. Here’s a personal story from last week. When I first wrote The Sea of Talmud: A Brief and Personal Introduction seven years ago, Theodore Sternberg wrote one of the sharpest Amazon reviews of the first edition: “Too much about Henry Abramson, not enough about the Talmud.” […]
Read More Free copy of The Sea of Talmud, and Warm Thanks to Theodore SternbergHello fellow students of Jewish history! I’m pleased to announce that the second edition of The Sea of Talmud: A Brief and Personal Introduction is now available in a second, revised edition, in commemoration of the upcoming Siyum ha-Shas! From Sunday December 8 through Thursday December 12 the Kindle ebook edition will be available for […]
Read More Free Ebook: The Sea of TalmudConference program attached
Read More Miami Conference on Sustainability, Resilience and the TorahPart three in the Talmudic History series.
Read More Authenticity and Authority in the Internet EraI got chills reading pages from this record book of Bet Din decisions from Bergen Belsen. Read this great piece of journalism by Molly Boigon at The Forward. Proud to have been asked for some background information.
Read More Astonishing Document from Bergen-Belsen Bet Din up for AuctionPostmodernism and the Talmud in an era of unlimited connectivity.
Read More Authenticity and Authority in the Internet EraTorah from the Years of Wrath: The Warsaw Ghetto Writings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira
Read More David Shentow Annual Memorial Holocaust Lecture TonightStories You Never Learned in Yeshivah: Three Surprising Lectures in Talmudic History. Please come by and say hello!
Read More Shabbaton at Aish Thornhill, CanadaA brief overview of three categories of exceptional women who made the Talmud possible: supporters, enablers, and even teachers. Lecture delivered at the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst on November 20, 2019.
Read More Meet the Exceptional Women who Made the Talmud Possible