Medieval

Elliot Salinger with an erudite and accessible article on Rambam's philosophy of "knowing."

In older times, Christian New Year’s Day celebrations were sometimes marked by antisemitic incidents. Although such days are behind us, Tzvi Sinensky recalls the antisemitic canard that Jewish men menstruated, a pervasive and disturbing myth that demeaned Jews and all women.

Jonathan Ziring comments on the "Jewishness" of religious tolerance.

Yaakov Jaffe explores Yehuda Ha-Levi's Yom Le-Yabasha.

Yaakov Taubes explores the background to Maimonides’s explanation for how the Mishnah is ordered.

Baruch Sterman describes how an encounter with a missionary led him to a greater understanding of Ramban's commentary on this week's Parshah.

AJ Berkovitz explores the "life" of Jewish books, from authors to owners to outside the margins.

Yaakov Jaffe traces the origins and evolution of the custom to shake the lulav in different directions.

Natan Oliff looks at the various ways Jewish thinkers have found meaning in determinism.

Sefaria has recently published a new bilingual digital edition of Talmud Yerushalmi. Taking stock of this development, Zachary Rothblatt offers an erudite synthesis of the history of Yerushalmi.