Modern Jews also need to change the world because the outside is getting nasty. A worldwide study of Antisemitism was released by the ADL on January 14. The results were frightening: “The survey shows ...

who wrote this in less time than Esau needed to build Rome. Gen. 32:16, listing the gifts that Jacob offered Esau when returning to the land of Israel from Mesopotamia, where he had established a ...

(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of Genesis — the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. Jacob has fled from ...

When Jacob and Esau met up after twenty-two years, they fell into each other’s arms and kissed. This was a miracle because Esau had intended to kill Jacob upon his return home. Jacob feared his ...

First, the set up. Jacob has been gone from Canaan for 20 years. He left Canaan in fear, after tricking his father Isaac to appropriate the birthright from his brother Esau. After being deprived ...

In case of abuse, In the beginning of the Torah portion of Vayishlach, Jacob sends messengers (angels, according to Rashi) to his brother Esau: Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother ...

What is the meaning of such detailed wording? Surely, God knows that Esau is his brother, that Jacob fears him, and that he is anxious about what Esau might do. Why, then, does Jacob specify all ...