What are the Jewish High Holy Days? A look at Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and a month of celebrating renewal and moral responsibility
As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the High Holy Days, a scholar of the Bible explains their history and why they ...
Jewish Life Stories: The Holocaust survivor who fell in love with jazz
Jazz scholar Morgenstern, 'Bible code' mathematician Rips, pandemic comedy star Geduldig, filmmaker Bikel, and autism ...
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Allah is not just a word. It is also a Personal Name
The word God in English is not a name of the one God like Allah or YHVH ... In these various forms they appear almost 3,000 times in the Hebrew Bible. But for Jews, the most important unique personal ...
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Why ‘Slicha’ — ‘Sorry’ — has become a ubiquitous catchword among anguished Israelis
Protesters and politicians are apologizing to hostage families, although they don't always mean the same thing.
Public hearings happening now in Austin over ‘Bible-inspired' lesson proposal for public schools
The proposal is supposed to focus on instructional updates in the classroom for kindergarten through 5th graders but some of ...
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Remembering Abshalom Ben Shlomo, Hebrew Israelite jazz man
One afternoon in 1960, Abshalom Ben Shlomo and a friend were walking home from Englewood High School in Chicago when they ...
Meet some of the most influential faith leaders in the Oklahoma City metro: Community builders, advocates and spiritual confidantes
Here are more than 30 of the people whose leadership continues to impact their faith communities, the broader community — and ...
Book Review: Raymond Antrobus transitions into fatherhood in his poetry collection 'Signs, Music'
Becoming a parent is life changing. Raymond Antrobus’ third poetry collection, “Signs, Music," captures this transformation ...
24 Surprising Facts You Never Knew About the Bible
Whether you know your Scriptures chapter and verse or you rarely take a peek at the Good Book, these Bible facts will ...