Issue

Volume # 80

Winter 2019(5780)

In this issue
Searching for Heather Dean
People

Searching for Heather Dean

In a new memoir, a former entertainment journalist shares why she gave up a glamorous career to pursue newfound dreams in Israel.

Up Close with Dr. Henry Abramson
Cover Story

Up Close with Dr. Henry Abramson

In a wide-ranging conversation with Jewish Action writer Sholom Licht, Dr. Henry Abramson discusses everything from skiing to Piaseczno Chassidut to his involvement with the OU’s groundbreaking Daf Yomi platform, All Daf.

In Their Own Words: How Daf Yomi Has Changed Lives
Cover Story

In Their Own Words: How Daf Yomi Has Changed Lives

I was injured in a terrorist attack in 2001. Since then, I have been paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. It is important for my health to spend time standing every day. So I do my “standing time” every day while listening to the Daf Yomi. This is my second cycle—the first cycle I studied the Daf with Rabbi […]

Tweeting the Talmud
Cover Story

Tweeting the Talmud

With some 20,000 bursts of Talmudic wisdom over the past seven years, @TweetTheDaf has become one of most popular Daf-focused Twitter accounts.

Printing the Shas
Cover Story

Printing the Shas

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the printing of the Bomberg Talmud, Columbia University librarian Michelle Chesner tells the story of the monumental printing of the Bomberg Talmud, the first complete set of Shas to ever be printed.

A Family Treasure
Inspiration

A Family Treasure

The siddur, once hidden in the bowels of a dark dungeon and used by inmates of the most horrific and debased place on earth, transitioned to use for mundane, though still holy, daily prayers.