Perception is reality: The importance of a narrative of Jewish unity - opinion
The stories we tell ourselves define our reality – especially in turbulent times, when a clear narrative can be the ...
Rescue of Hamas-held hostages has directive in the Book of Leviticus, says Chicago-based rabbi
Jonathan Greenberg, a Reform rabbi based in Chicago, shared with Fox News Digital the lessons of Leviticus — and how they apply to today's hostage crisis in Israel.
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‘The Book of Exodus’: A rare novel about the meaning and meaninglessness of everyday living
The Book of Exodus begins with an arresting Prologue. Like all classics, it begins much before the beginning. Kunjootty’s Valiyammachi, grandmother, is telling her grandchild the story of a fire ...
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Struggles of immigration — as ancient as the Bible, as modern as picket signs at Five Corners
The global movement of people seeking to flee tyranny, poverty, and violence, or to search for freedom in a distant land, is ...
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Allah’s 99 Names and the God of the Hebrews
The Qur’an contains 99 Arabic names (attributes or character traits) for the multifaceted essence of the one God, but not one of them connects the one God with one people, while one of the dozens of ...
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‘Hope is mandatory’: Beginning Exodus
This Shabbat, we begin the book of Exodus, which Michael Walzer called one of the most influential texts for modern political movements — even “a blueprint for revolution.” Amidst the ...
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Choosing life over death: What drives Israel’s deal with Hamas – opinion
Their only crime? Being Israeli. Being Jewish. This week, we read the opening chapters of the book of Exodus and hear the timeless cry of our ancestors in Egypt: “I have seen the affliction of ...