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Yitz Landes
Yavne and its Sage: Menahem Kahana (1946–2025)
When he skipped a Shabbat lecture, Kahana shrugged. “If everyone came to the shiur, who would learn Torah?”
You Want I Should Watch?
A high-concept Netflix cartoon depicts the new American Judaism—which, of course, means it's obsessed with the old kind.
Monuments and Mosaics: The Ancient Synagogues of the Galilee
Mosaics, elephants, and the problem of archeology.
Unfinished Rock
Why is the last stanza of Ma'oz Tzur unlike all other stanzas?
Mysterious Mishnah
According to a midrash, God will tell the contending nations: “He who possesses my mystery—he is my son.” And when they ask “What is your mystery?” God will reply, “It is the Mishnah.” How do you translate a mystery?