Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josh Weiss is a writer covering the nexus of pop culture and Judaism. “I wanted to introduce readers to a Jewish mythology, ...

Rabbi Shimon’s Logic and the Sanhedrin That Might Be” Our Gemara on this daf discussed the concept that a ritual slaughter ...

Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel. Remains of a building from the time of the Sanhedrin have been uncovered in Yavne for the first time, the Israel Antiques Authority said ...

A nascent effort to re-establish the ancient rabbinical body of the Sanhedrin received a significant boost Monday when world-renowned scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz agreed to serve as the body’s ...

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The Mishna depicts the Sanhedrin as a supreme judicial and legislative institution that stood atop a highly centralized system of halachic and spiritual institutions. According to the Rambam, there ...

B'nai Noach, literally "Children of Noah," known as Noahides, are non-Jews who take upon themselves the Torah's obligations for non-Jews - consisting of seven laws passed on from Noah following the ...

Eyeing what appears to be a twice-in-history opportunity, the organization called the Sanhedrin has called on U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to join forces and ...