In the Hebrew Bible, God tells Moses that ‘You cannot see my face ... though we still may have our differences over how this god should be worshipped. The unity and affinity between humankind can and ...

Few have a more direct stake in the outcome of the election than residents of the capital, where countless people work in government or politics.

Ultimately, an understanding of these archetypal differences ... array of wisdom, Torah knowledge, and even scientific ...

To understand this covenant more deeply, to investigate if it is a one-sided promise or a covenant of mutual reciprocation, ...

When you peel back Noah's Ark to the man himself, Noah may have been righteous only relative to the evil era in which he ...

EVOLUTION In some religious fundamentalist circles, the word evolution is a term of abuse. To me, it is a word that, apart ...

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. I have never accepted irrational religious beliefs. If something in my — or any — religion […] ...

The Garden of Eden taught us the clear divide between good and evil, which modern society has blurred too often in recent ...

The challenge is finding the balance between not going overboard with either celebrating or mourning.” Simchat Torah, which this year begins in Israel at sundown on Wednesday (Oct. 23), and on Oct.

Approximately 7 million Jewish Israelis and an equal number of Palestinians live cheek by jowl between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The area encompasses Israel, the occupied territories ...

Dozens of these kinds of mournful poems were recited for hundreds of years in France, North Africa, Italy, Turkey and Aleppo. In Rome, they would intersperse sad poems between each verse at the end of ...