The Shema is central to Judaism. Although a divine command and not a prayer, it is the main reading in the morning and evening services, Shacharit and Maariv.  It is one of many biblical sections that ...

American author and essayist Shemaiah Gonzalez has released her latest book, Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight, a luminous collection of essays exploring joy as a resilient ...

We have conclusive evidence that Kings David, King Solomon, and King Hezkiyahu are all buried on Har Zion,” one rabbi told ...

To me, writing is an act of listening. I listen, of course, to what I have already written. And then to something unknown, ...

A contract with the The New Yorker saw Nabokov through his cash-strapped pre-“Lolita” years—and continued beyond them for ...

For many years, Bible versions that contain only the New Testament and Psalms have been available on the market.

Camilla Adang, states: “The Qur’an more than once accuses Israelites, Jews, and the People of the Book in general, of having deliberately changed the word of God as revealed in the Torah; and of ...

Rabbi Joseph Tabory rightly considers the siddur to be a “veritable museum of the Jewish people.” And of course, since the ...

This was the Golden Age of Kabbala and Mysticism, where they composed works of Jewish law, mysticism, Torah commentary and ...

At the heart of the novel is the Lahmi family — in particular Gabriella — a young woman with a rare spiritual sensitivity who ...

Worship has to do with ascribing to the Lord worth or value. It aligns with the first commandment: to love the Lord your God ...

Inscriptions on the walls of the Cenacle in Jerusalem are shedding new light on pilgrims' journeys and beliefs.