The Jewish scholar Judah I (ca. 135-ca. 220), also called Judah Ha-Nasi, was head of the Sanhedrin and edited the Mishnah, a collection of the Oral Law. The son and successor of Rabban Simeon, Judah received his Jewish training at his father's home at...

(2nd Century CE) Legal expert. Judah ha-Nasi was a descendant of Rabbi *Hillel. As *nasi of the community, he built up the sense of unity of the Jewish people and was a key figure in the redaction of the *Mishnah. Although it is not clear by what...

(born &AD; 135—died &circa; 220) Palestinian Jewish scholar. A descendant of the great sage Hillel, he was patriarch of the Jewish community in Palestine and head of its Sanhedrin, and he became an important figure in early rabbinic Judaism. He...

Judah haNasi was born in 135 CE. According to the midrash, he came into the world on the same day that Rabbi Akiva died a martyr's death (Midrash Genesis Rabbah lviii.; Midrash Eccl. Rabbah i. 10) The Talmud suggests that this was a result of Divine...

Ira Stoll Forward 09-22-1995 Hillary of Judah. Despite the Whitewater affair, the suspiciously profitable commodities trading and the ill-fated health care plan, there are at least some Americans who are still big fans of the first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. They were...

Judah International Fellowship is holding its annual praise and worship conference from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Hunter Memorial AME Church. Special guests include Kenneth Yelverton, pastor of Temple of Refuge in North Carolina; Tracey Underwood of Joppa Dance Ministry in Michigan;...