The modern reader should understand the word hosanna to be an exclamation of praise directed especially at the promised ...
University Heights-based band Mekimi, which plays modern Hebrew and classic rock music, is a treat for local residents seeking live Jewish music.
The notion of tefillin as a type of malbush (clothing) brings to mind the Maharal’s (Be’er HaGolah 4) explanation of the ...
As I get older, I am backfilling elements of what I never experienced. I’m using what helped me then to bolster the Jewish ...
Christ comes into the world as an infant, growing in the obedience and servanthood for which he has been called. Advent brings this swell of anticipation—a cradling of hope—for the arrival of the ...
A new study reveals an often-overlooked process in language learning: children frequently begin by grasping whole phrases and ...
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 ...
Jumping to action after the Hamas onslaught, people aged 18-23 have joined the Tzofim Garin Tzabar program in droves, getting ...
The Thanksgiving holiday which we will celebrate ing the coming week is a time for family gatherings and festive meals and ...
33D. The word “behemoth” can trace its etymology to ancient HEBREW, where the word was used in the Bible to describe a giant primeval monster! Probably meaning “great beast,” the Behemoth was paired ...
Arnold Eisen, former chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, writes a book facing the "questions of what I actually ...
A Personal Theological Essay,” in which Eisen describes what he believes about a God whom he acknowledges to be elusive, if ...