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Between studying the Talmud and running from the Cossacks, the Jewish children escaping to America had not had much time for play.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
For 16 minutes, Kirk deconstructed these and other conspiracy theories, patiently demystifying complex aspects of Judaism such as the Talmud and the biblical Noahide Laws before attempting to explain his fundamental disagreement.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Are permitted to intuit in the Talmud of our hearts.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, the Maccabees returned to the Second Temple after defeating their Greek-Syrian oppressors.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 13 Dec. 2025
The earliest version of this story appears in the Talmud – the main collection of rabbinic laws and commentary – some 500 years after the story occurred.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
Researchers noted the significance of that timing, since Alexander Jannaeus descended from leaders of a revolt in 167 B.C.E. that the Talmud says led to the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem and the first celebration of the Hanukkah holiday.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, leaving money or material goods behind, whether to heirs or anyone else, is a mistake for two reasons.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The rabbis in the Talmud question whether human beings are truly capable of fulfilling this.
—Rabbi David Steinhardt, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
For 16 minutes, Kirk deconstructed these and other conspiracy theories, patiently demystifying complex aspects of Judaism such as the Talmud and the biblical Noahide Laws before attempting to explain his fundamental disagreement.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Are permitted to intuit in the Talmud of our hearts.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, the Maccabees returned to the Second Temple after defeating their Greek-Syrian oppressors.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 13 Dec. 2025
The earliest version of this story appears in the Talmud – the main collection of rabbinic laws and commentary – some 500 years after the story occurred.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
Researchers noted the significance of that timing, since Alexander Jannaeus descended from leaders of a revolt in 167 B.C.E. that the Talmud says led to the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem and the first celebration of the Hanukkah holiday.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
According to the Talmud, leaving money or material goods behind, whether to heirs or anyone else, is a mistake for two reasons.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The rabbis in the Talmud question whether human beings are truly capable of fulfilling this.
—Rabbi David Steinhardt, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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