Following the deportation of Jews to Babylonia between 597 BCE and 586 BCE, most of them lived outside the Land of Israel.

As we prepare to welcome spring (March 20) and Passover (April 12) and Easter (April 20). I offer up a prayer for remembering how our spring holidays divide us and unite us and how springtime makes ...

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Copy Link Season 5 of The Chosen is here, and with it comes the most intense and emotionally charged portrayal of Jesus Christ’s final days before the crucifixion ...

One key example: The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, which carry the story of Jesus’ followers forward after his ...

While they share Jewish roots with American Jews, there can be cultural differences, different social customs and ways of ...

This column was first preached as a sermon at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, Vashon Island on the Second Sunday in Lent, March 16, 2025. The readings for that day are Genesis 15:1-12,17-18; ...

What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on ...

Liberation begins with God giving the Israelites control of their own time and inviting them to commemorate and sanctify ...

The development of "Dayenu," that Haggadah ditty that recaps the many miracles the Israelites experienced throughout the Book ...

A Jewish-owned business grows in Manhattan, taking over a space that was once the flagship of yet another Jewish-owned business.

“It’s now time for the silent prayer,” he began. “You can offer this prayer to God, if the idea of God works for you — or, if ...