The golden age has been replaced by a grim new reality in which antisemitism is being normalized with terrifying speed.

The Exodus story was a model of providential liberation and deliverance for Americans rebelling against Britain’s pharaonic ...

In the whole Hebrew Bible the full appellation ‘El Shaddai’ is used only in connection with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Shaddai by itself also appears 31 times in the ancient book of Prophet Job, who ...

All that is good. But the most important meaning of Christmas for those without faith is that Jesus embodies love. The ...

While there are many ancient texts focusing on Jesus as a baby and as a man, much less is known about him as a child. Here’s ...

The great promise of the Manicheans proved illusory, but the problem remained unresolved for all that. Augustine was unable to convert to the Christianity of the Catholic Church until he had learned, ...

Among those killed was Rabbi Eli Schlanger. He was a Jewish leader who helped coordinate the event and is remembered as a ...

Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my favorites.

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism's "festival of lights." On eight ...

A new book by the right-wing activist, who was murdered in September, has moments of seriousness, beauty, and cross-partisan ...

The Jewish people in America have long punched above their demographic weight. Consider how deprived our science, music, letters, film and law would be ...

One of four fast days commemorating the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple, mentioned by the prophet ...