To their enemies, the Jews cannot do anything right. They are hated when they are strong; they are hated when they are weak. They are hated when they are poor; they are hated when they are rich. They ...

There is a great sense of heaviness here, as I witnessed most directly in Be’eri this week, but there is also tremendous ...

The word covenant means agreement, such as a contract between two people. Many Jews see their relationship with God as a covenant, or an agreement. The belief is that God asks them to do certain ...

This course explores 200 years of the literary traditions of writers who have lived in what is now Ukraine and wrote in the Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew languages.

Ten of the eleven potions in the book of Exodus and many portions in other of the five books of Moses begin with the Hebrew letter vav. Why? How should it be translated? Lexicographer Reuben ...

This observational documentary tracks four families living in poverty in the capital of Lebanon. By Nicolas Rapold This film by Sally Aitken follows a hummingbird rescue center and the woman who ...

The horse on the cover of Ulrich Raulff’s impressive new book is soaring, bridleless, riderless and all but headless. It has the fuzziness of distance but also the heft and hairiness of life; it is ...