I once read the story of a man called Jacob. For about 21 years, he sojourned in a nation called Padan Aram, a foreign land ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a unique stone structure in East Jerusalem, providing evidence of cultic activity and possibly ...

After 15 months of bloodshed, news has emerged of a cease-fire deal in Gaza. The US always had the power to restrain Israel ...

In our ASL translation, Jacob, who was hairless and smooth-skinned, has a name sign that can be back-translated literally to English as “smooth arm skin,” whereas his twin, Esau, who was notoriously ...

A unique structure, which was uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority on the eastern slope of the City of David, dates ...

God makes it clear to Israel that they have been redeemed not from something but for something. God has created them and ...

Today, in Israel’s Knesset, we witnessed a repeat of a scene straight out of the Bible. Almost.

I left it out in my translation of the Bible in my Targum books ... Most translators opt for “children of Israel,” even though the term is ambiguous. Since only males are mentioned in this verse, it ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

Questioning the Bible leads the questioner to consider possible solutions. This, in turn, can lead to learning, prompting the questioner to act. Action is the goal. It leads to self-improvement, which ...

Whatever the precise history of their origins, a pivotal point for the Jews of Ethiopia was in 1976 when the Chief Sephardic ...