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The Women Who Made Talmud Study Less Intimidating

They have made it less intimidating. The women who have been learning a page of Talmud a day since 2012, when the last seven and a half year Daf Yomi cycle have created a new reality with their study. Daf Yomi is an effort to cover all of the Babylonian Talmud page by page  created […]

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500 Rabbis Vow Action on Climate Crisis

Over 500 rabbis and Jewish leaders have signed a call to action to fight climate change. The list includes rabbis from across the Jewish spectrum, including social justice leaders like Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan, Rabbi Sharon Brous of Ikar in Los Angeles and Rabbi Jill Jacobs of the rabbinic […]

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