Hagar returned and bore Avram’s son Ishma’el at the end of Genesis 16. In Genesis 17, Avram is circumcised, and the covenant ...

Julia Watts Belser, Professor of Jewish Studies at Georgetown University ... We need new ways of talking about the Torah, new ...

Joseph finally revealed his identity to his brothers, and it’s no wonder there were such great cries of joy – particularly between Joseph and Benjamin. They were, after all, the only sons of Rachel ...

An Orthodox rabbi from the Netherlands has called on the country's Jews to immigrate to Israel following mass antisemitic ...

As a couple, Abraham and Sarah together faced pain, obstacles and challenges. Their emunah was painfully tested and what do they teach us? “Kol mah d’avid Rachmana l’tova oseh…” Whatever Hashem does ...

Female hens don’t fare much better. Though they are kept alive to lay eggs, many live in cramped environments that prevent ...

On October 10, Rabbi Amiram Gabay, founder of the Congregation Beit Harambam and a major figure of Philadelphia’s Sephardic ...

Cornell Hillel proposed a new Jewish Community Center to be built on West Campus, which is slated to be ready by the summer of 2026.

In these turbulent times, we can only imagine the wisdom he might have shared, the guidance he would have offered. His voice is profoundly missed, especially now when his words could have offered clar ...

The field of Efron had a bad reputation; it was said to be haunted. Anyone happening to wander into the field reported encountering a demon wielding a sword. As viable real estate it was worthless.

What happened when Trump won the presidential election on Nov. 5 was not a referendum on anything other than economic ...

(Midrash Tanhuma Tazria 7) During pregnancy ... Cutting the foreskin is necessary for his Jewish life to begin. However, going deeper, it suggests this act is a necessary existential separation. Thus, ...