If I had to choose one word to depict the relationship between humanity and the Jewish people, it would be “obsession.” ...

The Ghost of Rachel in the Nile Bar and Grill Thoughts on Torah Portion Va-Yigash (retold, 2025) ©Rabbi Mordecai Finley A ...

The greatest revenge against one’s enemy is if, instead of harboring hatred and repaying the harm they caused, one makes them ...

Jacob and all his descendants are in Egypt, and the long-awaited and long-dreaded exile, foretold to their ancestor Abraham (Genesis 15:13) has begun, albeit so far very comfortably: Joseph is ...

Modern Jews also need to change the world because the outside is getting nasty. A worldwide study of Antisemitism was released by the ADL on January 14. The results were frightening: “The survey shows ...

Thus afterlife is felt to be a reunion and all of life a preparation for it … Death is not understood as the end of being but rather as the end of doing. As such it is a dramatic break, a radical ...

who eventually put Joseph in charge of all of Egypt. The Joseph of the New Testament didn’t seem to entertain such lofty ambitions. Though, like his fiancé Mary, Joseph was a distant descendant ...

The ceasefire in Gaza began at 9.15am UK time, after facing a delay while Israel waited for Hamas to provide the list of hostages to be freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners ...

He is also known as “Joseph the worker,” due to being a craftsperson and as the “protector of migrants” (based on the New Testament story of the family fleeing to Egypt). Joseph has ...

Joseph was driven by forces in his surroundings ... His brothers then envy him and throw him into the pit. He is brought to Egypt, and is sold to the house of Potiphar. Seemingly, he has no ...

This will pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants in the ...

Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to ...