Reading Parshat Shemot, with its emphasis on names and identity, during this momentous week, offers both solace and hope.

Talmud and Midrash” and “In Noah’s Footsteps: Biblical Perspectives on the Zoo.” His works have been banned in some haredi Orthodox communities over his views on evolution. JTA has ...

The Talmud (Shabbat 105b ... Was Sarah not a great righteous woman? The Midrash (Yalkut Shimoni, Parashat Noach) describes Sarah as “Yiscah,” a woman enveloped by divine inspiration.

Talmud, Midrash and commentaries; Codes and Responsa; Liturgy; Philosophy and Cabbala; Homiletics; Philology and Science. The other donations to the Library and Museum consist of documents of ...