Rabbi Akiva has been on my mind lately for several reasons. On that last point, I received a question recently from a friend who also turned 40 and needed some direction. The e-mail said: “I just ...

This year’s commemoration of Yom HaShoah is particularly poignant for its timing and significance and on a very personal note also. During this ominous break in the incessant sirens connected with ...

Join Gila Silverman, director of Jewish lifelong learning with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, for a three-week online course titled “Jewish Lives: Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud.” Born in the ...

At this time of year, every evening after nightfall, Jews take a moment to bless the counting of the Omer, mentioning which day we are on within the 49-day continuum between the second night of ...

Given the paucity of the historical record about Rabbi Akiva—his name only rarely and briefly appears outside of the Talmud—it’s hard to see how his life’s story can be told, but National Jewish Book ...