The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...
Opinion

The State must act

Recall that, in response to the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa, the Government of Jamaica enacted emergency laws, including declaring the entire island a “threatened area” and later a ...
After two female soldiers were chased in Bnei Brak, something sacred was fractured. What happens when Israel no longer feels like one nation?
Mention the word Samaritan and your understanding may be shaped by Revd Chad Varah and the listening Samaritans in Britain.
When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...
With their pervasive military, political and economic clout, the Guards are often considered the main impediment to regime ...
As Bar Ilan University professor Joshua Berman engagingly and convincingly demonstrates in his “Echoes of Egypt” Haggadah, the process by which the Passover story took shape was as a polemic against ...
In the aftermath of the Bondi terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration that killed 15 people, the New South Wales ...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, was deeply respected among the millions of ...
Marquis de Morès had a wild life—and a short one. That’s probably for the best.
The show is fairly engaging as a result of the dramatic irony featured just before and after each of the murders, which keeps the audience laughing and gasping throughout the performance. The mystery ...