Adin Steinsaltz
Move Over Artscroll: Here’s The New, Modern Orthodox Chumash
Artscroll’s Torah translation showcases the “slide to the right” in American Orthodoxy. Steinsaltz offers a compelling alternative.
You Can Now Read The Whole Talmud Online - For Free
The Talmud will now be freely accessible by all people in the two languages – English and Modern Hebrew - spoken by 90% of world Jewry.
Why Rabbi Schneerson Was Good For Jews But Bad For Biographers
He was perhaps the most influential rabbi in modern history. Yet suprisingly little is known about the man who was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Israeli Scholar Translates Talmud Into Hebrew, Completing 45-Year Project
Like Israelites wandering a desert, a good Talmudic translation apparently can’t be rushed.
Steinhardt vs. Steinsaltz: An Atheist Debates a Talmudist
I wish I had been there for this one: Jewish mega-philanthropist and avowed atheist Michael Steinhardt faced off in New York against renowned talmudist Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (who happens to be heading up a new effort to revive the ancient Sanhedrin).
