NEW YORK (JTA) — One of these days, maybe ahead of Simchat Torah, you are going to attend a Jewish studies class. Or not. But let’s say you do. You’ll sit in a classroom, or a lounge, or in the front ...
Some students use a year at the Conservative Yeshiva as a stepping-stone to rabbinical school. JERUSALEM — Walk the streets of Jerusalem on any given weekday morning, and you will discover there’s no ...
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The classic image of Jewish study might be from the movie “Yentl,” in which small groups of men huddle around tables, debating scripture. In reality, however, the majority of American Jews today ...
Jewish mystical texts say God “looked into the Torah and created the world” and studying the Torah is a way of studying God’s mind. So why is it that Jewish study centers are filled almost exclusively ...
NEW YORK (JTA) — One of these days, maybe ahead of Simchat Torah, you are going to attend a Jewish studies class. Or not. But let’s say you do. You’ll sit in a classroom, or a lounge, or in the front ...