The most recent issue of the Journal of Textual Reasoning is devoted to The Female Ruse: Women’s Subversive Voice in Biblical and Rabbinic Texts. Here are the articles that appear in this issue: From Veils To Goatskins – The Female Ruse in Genesis Rachel Adelmann Matan, The Sadie Rennert Women’s Institute for Torah Study When [...]
Rabbi Dov Linzer has started a new blog on the Daf Yomi, Daily Daf. The website contains a written transcription of Rabbi Linzer’s Daf Yomi shiur, along with archived audio and video recordings. There is also an option to watch live streaming video of the shiur each morning.
Looking for that lost piece of Jewish music? Try the Judaica Sound Archives that is hosted by Florida Atlantic University. It is heavy on the Yiddish music, although it contains lots of other genres. (hat tip)
Rabbi Ouziel prays for the first time at the Wailing Wall, after his enthronement, June 27, 1939. (here) Rabbi Herzog at the Wings over Palestine-Certificates of Flying School, April 21, 1939. (here) The interior of the Ḥurva Synagogue. (here)
My friend Jason R. has called my attention to this blog that posts responsa. The responsa are written by a learned rabbi who wants to remain anonymous. Unlike most cyber-responsa, the responsa published on this blog are longer and quote sources.
Maariv is now available on Historical Jewish Press. (Via Weblog – Elbogen Network.)
Great news from the JTS Library. Make sure that you read the fourth paragraph describing what is not included. ————————- As readers of News from The Library know, The Library’s efforts to make rare and unique parts of its collection available online began several years ago, and realized their first substantial success with the digitization [...]
The Bodleian Library at Oxford has put one of the most important MS of the Mishneh Torah online. Huntington 80, an authorized copy of the MT, can now be viewed at this website. The site is very nice and they plan to put more of their Rambam related material online at a later date.
In a little over two hours the Global Day of Jewish Learning to mark Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s completion of his translation and commentary on the Babylonian Talmud. The broadcast can be seen here. In my opinion, Rabbi Steinsaltz’s work is one of the most important things ever done to further Talmud study since the first [...]
Here is a nice video (Hebrew) on Talmud study from our friends at Pshita.
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