The Rabbis tell us that on the morning of the day we’d receive the Torah, we overslept. We didn’t wake up, and Moses had to wake us. To atone for that, we don’t even go to sleep, now we’re reliving ...

The first grand-scale “redemption of the first-born sons” happens in Bamidbar, which means “In the wilderness.” Bamidbar is ...

Finally, Jesus summarized the entire Torah in two commandments: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–40). These two ...

Question: I find it very difficult to understand the punishment of death that was meted out to Rabbi Akiva’s students. If he was so great, we can assume that his students were of a superior caliber ...

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

On Shavuot, we recall specifically the revelation at Sinai—the moment when heaven and Earth touched. And we are reminded explicitly of the mission to be a “light unto the nations.”The ...

As Memoir of a Snail comes to BFI Player, Andrew Osmond joins the dots of recent critically acclaimed animated features that have seen indie creators taking on the big studios.

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Here's what you need to k ...

Abraham. The first Jew, the O.G. Abraham Avinu was the original Hebrew (“Ivri”). Avraham Avinu blazed the path for each of us to connect to G-d in our own way. In many ways, he is like Classic Coke – ...

During the feast of Passover, the year before the Eucharist was instituted at the Last Supper, Jesus says, “…it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread ...

Throughout the American story, Ruth has reverberated, reminding us, then and now – as we read her eponymous book once more on ...

Shavuot is unlike Passover, with its plethora of rituals: the seder, and before that the preparation for the seder with its matzah, wine, bitter herbs and different dishes and cutlery. Passover is ...