RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Since its inclusion in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Esther has been embraced in different ways and in ...

In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Mike Huckabee, the Trump administration’s representative in Israel, was cross-examined as to what Israel expects to gain from its various wars. Carlson asked ...

The timing of Israel’s strike, days before the holiday, prompted religious and political figures to invoke themes from the ...

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

For the first time since 1968, the Great Isaiah Scroll has been unrolled to its 24-foot length and placed on display at the ...

A Haggada, by Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman, a professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University, is built on a claim that scholars of the ancient Near East (Middle East) have long recognized but that has never ...

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 a dramatic departure from its predecessor, Hulu and MGM's coming-of-age next Margaret Atwood adaptation feels significantly lighter, even bordering on whimsical — before the cracks of resistance ...

The charges in federal court are the latest against Dan Sohail, who is accused of ramming his car into the Brooklyn ...

Moshe Rabbeinu descended from the mountain holding the Two Tablets — the covenant between G-d and the Jewish people. He entered the camp and saw what had happened. Without hesitation, he cast the ...