It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...
Israeli rabbis have declared Trump a "divine emissary," linking his presidency to biblical prophecies in the dramatic letter ...
Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of ...
The custom of including the Ten Commandments as part of the Shema was once widespread, but from a certain point in time it was systematically opposed by the Sages. Why did they object to it?
The move echoes a decades-old fight over religion in government, reigniting memories of Moore’s defiant stand in the early ...
Dr. Tzvi Novick points out in an insightful article in the Times of Israel (May 25,2023) entitled “Standing Under Sinai: On the Origins of a Coerced Covenant” that a famous rabbinical Midrash ...
Were it not for [King] David, who was engaged in Torah learning, Yoav would not have been successful in battle, and were it not for Yoav’s skills as a warrior, [King] David would not have been able ...
Though he professes to be a Christian, Donald Trump seems to be unfamiliar with one of the Bible’s most memorable stories. If ...
We are at a watershed moment, and we need to respond from courage, artfulness, and faith, – not from despair. It’s time to ...
Plus, Jewish leaders offer other biblical lessons from the Philadelphia Eagles defeat over the Kansas City Chiefs.
White’s influence goes beyond efforts related to faith. She used her first stint in the White House as a political arm of the ...