A year ago Simchat Torah became a day of mourning. This year, everyone is struggling with how to rationalize celebrating a ...

G erardo Werthein was sworn in as Argentina's Minister of Foreign Affairs in a ceremony notable for being the first time a ...

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The caricature conveys the book’s bold, powerful, unapologetic claim: Although Jew-hatred is an unfortunate fact of life, in ...

Milei, who studies regularly with a rabbi but is not Jewish, name-checked the week's Torah portion, Lech Lecha.

Jesus reveals God’s heart and purpose, which is to love us. It takes a lifetime to learn how to flesh out one’s response to ...

Rabbi Yitzchak reasons that G-d began the Torah this way to address a future question: “When the nations of the world say to the Jewish people, ‘You are thieves; you conquered the land of Israel from ...

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Shouldn't the popular vote win the presidency? In the Talmud, majority rule transcends even God, and definitely the Electoral ...

Watch the trailer for 'All God's Children,' director Ondi Timoner's film about a "radical experiment" in interfaith healthy ...

Terach, Abraham’s father, is often viewed in the Midrash as an evil man and nothing more than an idol worshipper (Bereishit Rabbah 38:13). A review of the literal text indicates otherwise. First ...

The figure of Jesus is central to Christian belief, but his significance varies greatly in Judaism and Islam, two religions that have distinct perspectives on his life and teachings. Understanding the ...