Learning Talmud is a cultural issue. Wait – hear me out. I promise you, there’s more to it than anachronistic laws, bearded men arguing about turgid minutiae and airless study rooms full of greasy, pubescent boys. Although, if…

"So…did your parents use a matchmaker then?" I was asked in a lecture theatre. It was my first day of rehearsals for Fiddler on the Roof at the University of York, the city of which isn't exactly known for its Jewish cultural scene, having incited medieval England's greatest pogrom in…