During The Three Weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha B’Av, as we recall the destruction of the Temples, we read three of the most searing passages in the prophetic literature, the first two from the ...

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The tomb of the Jewish prophets Chagai, Zecharia, and Malachi on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem recently had its handrails upgraded with Christian crosses, under the approval of the monk ...

Christians must resist rising antisemitism and stand with Israel based on biblical promises. The sacred bond between ...

A London-based rabbi, Shire is vice-principal of the Leo Baeck College and Center for Jewish Education. In this beautifully illustrated book, he selects 30 individuals who meet his criteria for being ...

It’s perhaps the most rabbinic word in the dictionary. If a person has aspirations to become a rabbi, aside from knowing halacha and how to develop a practical lesson from the parsha, he’s gotta be ...

Big ideas can certainly come in small packages. Just ask Habakkuk, eighth of the twelve minor prophets, and certifiable man of mystery. The minor prophets, so named for the brevity of their books, ...

Anyone hoping for a quick turn from the somber Days of Awe — with their self-analysis, self-criticism, self-denial and self-correction — to the joys of the fall harvest festival of Sukkot comes up ...

Long before the modern State of Israel was reborn, the prophet Isaiah foresaw a time when the most distant remnants of our ...

As a Jewish girl growing up in a non-Jewish suburb, I often wondered, while reading “The Diary of Anne Frank,” which of our neighbors would have hidden me and my sisters in their attic. Recently, I ...