The Forward

An uptick in women’s Talmud study – courtesy of Zoom, podcasts and online tools

It is just after 5 a.m. in Perth, Western Australia, when Debbie Posner logs on to the All Daf App to begin her day by studying Talmud. Despite the distance and remoteness of her location – some ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Women’s Talmud Study Takes Big Leap Forward

Jerusalem — Every morning Michelle Cohen Farber wakes up at 5:50 a.m. feeling energized. She exercises, prays, gets her five kids off to school and, at 8:15 sharp, opens her home in the Tel Aviv ...
Jewish Journal

Daf Yomi Fever: How Daily Talmud Study Is Sweeping the Nation

After a barrage of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, January 2020 arrived with a burst of #JewishandProud energy. People gathered at rallies, began to wear their Magen David necklaces and donned their ...
NPR

Orthodox Jewish Women Take A New Lead In Talmud Study In Israel

Among devout Orthodox Jews, the intense study of Talmud is no longer just a man's world. Women are increasingly delving into this central religious work, and American expats in Israel are at the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

British chief rabbi disinvited from London event marking completion of Talmud study cycle

Ephraim Mirvis angered some segments of the Orthodox Jewish community in 2018 when he released a guide for Jewish day schools on how to support LGBTQ students. (JTA) — British Chief Rabbi Ephraim ...