See: "War is not new to Israel" (Oct 16, 2023) and "Jewish wisdom during war" (Oct 23, 2023). The Biblical patriarch Abraham is the central figure in three weekly Torah portions we are in the midst of ...

I. W. Doane’s “Bible Myths and their Parallels in Other Religions” is a comprehensive exploration of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, shedding light on their similarities with other ancient myths.

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The Rev. Dr. Samuel Rosenblatt, rabbi of the Beth Tfiloh Congregation and lecturer in Jewish literature at the Johns Hopkins University, is one of three Baltimore scholars who have been extended ...

The editor of one of the papers where I write regular op-eds requested more information on my message that if Jews are not united, they bring on themselves antisemitism. Specifically, he wanted to ...

Our rabbis tell us that as a reward for Abraham’s submitting to the painful procedure of circumcision, God paid him a personal visit, appearing to him at the oaks of Mamre. Ramban says this revelation ...