To be sure, a persistent theme of the patriarchal stories is the two promises G-d made to each of them, namely that they would have many descendants and that they would inherit the land of Canaan.

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Rachel Laser, the first non-Christian leader of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, redefines the group’s ...

The Torah generally reveals little or no information about women. We are told that Jacob had a daughter named Dinah, but there is no more about her than what is mentioned in the drama. It does not ...

Jesus had a family tree. Do you know yours? A reflection for the Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent.

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Was Rashi correct in thinking Jacob was righteous? Some might argue that, in many ways, he was like other humans. He had good and bad points. He made mistakes, as we all do. But generally speaking, he ...

Senator Adam Schiff, Jewish Democrat from California, was sworn in to the U.S. Senate on a Maimonides Mishneh Torah.