The Tanach Study Days of the Herzog College took place this year under the theme Tanach Around the World. The acronym Tanach stands for Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim, signifying the Five Books of Moses, the ...

Baruch Hashem, we live in a generation in which there has been a tremendous resurgence in Torah study. From young to old, many Jews from across the spectrum are beginning to reconnect more to our ...

For three months, Nahal reservists lived in a girl’s high school on kibbutz Haftez Haim in central Israel. Rabbi Zevik Harel, the school’s rabbi, wrote me as follows: “At the ceremony held when the ...

‘We want to make the Tanach alive and exciting and relevant,” says Dr. Yael Ziegler, rosh batei midrash and academic director of Matan – The Sadie Rennert Women’s Institute for Torah Studies, “and we ...

Does one need to study Tanach? That’s a strange question. First of all, what does “need” mean? “Need” in the sense of must? In Israel, the factual answer is yes. It is obligatory to study Tanach in ...

This week saw the 30th annual Tanach conference hosted by Herzog College and Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion, which was attended by more than 5,000 people of all ages. The “Yemei Iyun B’Tanach” ...

For three months, Nachal reservists lived in a girl’s high school on Kibbutz Chofetz Chaim in central Israel. Rabbi Zevik Harel, the school’s rabbi, wrote to me as follows: At the ceremony held when ...

A handwritten approbation (haskama) I acquired this week, written by Rav Zvi Pesach Frank, chief rabbi of Jerusalem in 1940, provided some fascinating insights into the state of printing and Jewish ...

Hodaya Cohen, an 11th-grade student from Haran School, became the latest winner of Israel's World Tanach Quiz for Youth 2026, celebrated on Tuesday as part of Israel's 78th Independence Day events.

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Since then, literal belief in all Tanach stories has become a litmus test for Charedi Judaism. Meanwhile, our US rabbis must self-censor to keep their jobs. Unlike their American and Israeli ...