Anyone, of course, is free to define her/ himself/themselves as not a member/ members of a Jewish ethnos, a goy — a people (that is what “goy” means, and in Biblical texts, is what “Israel” is called) ...

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, are the offspring of Abraham, my friend;” ( Isaiah 41:8) So the biological offspring of Prophet Abraham (the Banu Israel) became the first ...

Hayner Library talk decodes messages in Underground Railroad spirituals ...

Did you ever experience that feeling? Bills, health issues, family dysfunction, marital difficulties — just thinking about ...

The Reformers were not creating a philosophical system but trying to see what Scripture taught about salvation.

On Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S.

Christians around the world have recently returned to their homes from celebrating one of the great festivals of God. The Feast of Tabernacles, see Leviticus 23:39-43, pictures and looks forward ...

Today, as always, you and I are in one of two groups those with their judgment behind them and those with their judgment ahead of them ...

Rabba Sara Hurwitz looks to the courageous former Hamas hostage, Eli Sharabi, who lived for 491 days in captivity, as a reminder to embrace life.

The Battle of Beth Zechariah marked a turning point in the Maccabean wars, revealing deep rifts within Hellenistic Judea.

They were young Israeli men and women. Held in captivity by savage terrorists, one would expect them to question the ways of ...