Via Daniel Boyarin's epic book Unheroic Conduct: The Rise of Heterosexuality and and the Invention of the Jewish Man : S...

When you pray by the first light of dawn, the Talmud says, Heaven pays attention to your prayers immediately. And when you time your prayers...

A day after its release, Nicole Krauss's novel Great House was named a National Book Award finalist , which is either a great bit of ...

Most of my favorite Talmud stories center around Yalta . She's a Talmud-era commentator who's sometimes thought to be Rav Nachman...

I just wrote this to the uber-mentionable Yonah Lavery, creator of Talmud Comics (who, btw, just inked a deal with the also-awesome Ben Yeh...

I spoke to Stephanie, who was coming out of the very tasty (and very not kosher) Tartine Bakery , on 18th and Guerrero Streets in San Franci...

aLast night: campfire was every bit as awesome as we wanted it to be, except the kids were asleep. This was probably better for all concerne...

This is Israel: Yesterday I was on a "nature trail," which, without doubt, is an Israeli euphemism for X-treme Sports. In Philadel...