Even when it seems that everything is deteriorating and that evil is triumphing over good, beneath the surface – in the ...

The complex story of Joseph and his brothers is a study in sibling rivalry, simmering family tensions, and fractured ...

In short, the authors/editors of the Bible made sure that we know that the story of the widow Tamar and Judah continues ...

Joseph went from pit to pit. Shared all the answers the divine put in his head. And still, they forgot about him. For a while ...

I am telling you a story of Jacob and his decision to return to the promised land of his grandparents. The version being read in synagogues worldwide. Welcome to Vayeshev (And He Lived), this week’s ...

In times of suffering, the Jewish people circle the wagons. What's harder is keeping hold of our fractious family when times ...

Yet, there is some essential truth revealed in seeing Joseph through modern eyes. Joseph clearly does not fit in. In today’s Torah portion, his brothers throw him in a pit and sell him off to ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound ...

This week, the Torah opens its curtain on a new act of Jacob’s life and introduces us to Joseph, his beloved son. Though the parasha mostly focuses on the beginnings of Joseph’s epic story, it begins ...