Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on lessons from Abraham and the significance of something as small as a dot.

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The New Testament scholar, retired Anglican bishop, and prolific author of Bible commentaries elaborates in two new books on an understanding of heaven that challenges many Christians’ ideas about—and ...

Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief leading domestic immigration enforcement actions, is bringing those efforts to Charlotte, sources report. If Chicago is any indication of what is coming to us, we ...

The first marital ceremony described in the Torah is the one between Isaac and Rebecca, in this week’s portion, Chayei Sarah.

And then, of course, we have all these good people who do bad things. Take real left-wingers, bent on improving life for any oppressed group, but who shamelessly caucus with Nazis and religious bigots ...

After years as Netanyahu’s most trusted adviser, the man who bridged Jerusalem and Washington leaves gov’t, taking with him a ...

Always Together' by documentarian Paz Schwartz accompanies high school seniors from an evacuated Gaza border community in ...

(On a lighter note, George Gershwin’s melody for the beginning line “It ain’t necessarily so” comes from the melody for “Barchu et Adonai Hamvaroch”. The song is in minor key.) ...

The role we play as people who practice our faith in daily living is to find how we can join with God in compassion for the ...