The tenderness and mercy that the righteous and God have in common consist in nourishing, that is, in giving life ...

However, the Second Book of the Maccabees (c. 124 BCE), written in Egypt, notes that Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days ...

The author of a new prayer book for non-theistic Jews imagines a holiday that doesn't celebrate military might or the ...

Father Tom Hartman and I created an annual winter custom that sharpened our interfaith instincts. Tommy wrote the Hanukkah ...

Eighty-one years ago, while America was at war and millions of Jews were being slaughtered, the rabbi of the Washington ...

In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

As we celebrate Hanukkah and the tenacity of the Jewish people, it's important to understand and remember the importance of ...

Aaron’s staff becomes a serpent, the magicians answer in kind, and the drama of the plagues begins with a warning Pharaoh refuses to hear.

Nimrod is the biblical archetype of the corrupt leader obsessed with his own power.

As long as Jews have been Jews, from God’s call to Abraham in Genesis chapter 12, our identity has been measured by way of ...

The Prime Minister participated in the third candle lighting ceremony in his office with the office's employees, their ...

Our Lady of Guadalupe was an important symbol for ordinary mestizo people seeking to reconcile their Aztec and Spanish ...