Afterlife

There Must Be an Angel Gil Student, Torah Musings. While angels often appear in Biblical narratives, medieval Jewish commentators could not agree about what they are—and what their nature means for the afterlife.

Judaism's Golden Plate Lawrence Schiffman, LawrenceSchiffman.com. For a committed Jew to hold this item in his hands concretizes millennia of Jewish faith.  But it also raises questions about the history of monotheism and the permeability of culture.