Of all of the sublime indications that “the Bible is literature, not journalism,” the subtle threads exuding from this week’s ...

The beloved Kennywood Park amusement ride features a scroll with Hebrew text. Using the available records, is it possible to ...

To be sure, a persistent theme of the patriarchal stories is the two promises G-d made to each of them, namely that they would have many descendants and that they would inherit the land of Canaan.

Divine force that is clothed in it, as is written, “And the L–rd awoke like one who had been asleep.” On such occasion the ...

Wicked” is a midrash on “The Wizard of Oz.” What is a “midrash?” It is how the ancient sages uncovered meanings in biblical ...

How will we get through the next four years? This week’s Torah portion, Vayetzei, offers some answers. Though there are multiple views within the Jewish community, many people I know are deeply ...

For decades, I maintained a status quo of living like a Jew without being one. When I finally pursued conversion, I discovered that I was part of a larger movement born of crisis.

In this week’s Torah portion, the story of Isaac ... Rabbi Thalia Halpert Rodis is at the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, where she works with Chayim Tovim: Living Fully, an initiative ...

As a naturally well-performing minority, the societies that have accepted Jewish communities have usually ... After them, in the generation of Noah, people would kill, steal, and devour living ...

in our Torah portion, Chayyei Sarah, but under the name Keturah. We met Hagar as the maidservant of Sarai (before she became Sarah) in Genesis 16. When Sarai could not conceive, Hagar was given to ...

Isaac has his own twilight experience in this week’s Torah portion, Chayei Sarah ... mirrors his emotional and spiritual journey. In Hebrew, a well (be’er) and a pit (bor) may look and ...