Male circumcisions are performed daily in the United States when the baby is born. In the Jewish religion, male circumcisions are generally performed eight days after the birth. According to the Torah ...

That the Jewish people have deserved the death penalty for a long time, and that the sentence passed in Leviticus, 26, 38, “And ye shall perish among the heathen and the land of your enemies shall eat ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is more difficult than it seems.

The story of Cain and Abel constitutes a critical and fundamental lesson – we are all children of the covenant with the opportunity to serve each other and to serve God. We are, indeed, each other’s ...

This week’s Torah portion, Shemot, begins with a list of those who made their way down to Egypt from Canaan. While the Torah goes into detail about their dramatic stories back home, we know very ...

Along with the other members of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations, I am grateful to the publishers and editors of Midstream for this symposium on A Sacred Obligation and to ...

The sedrah of Tazria begins with the laws of childbirth and the command of circumcision: “On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised” (Leviticus 12:3). Since the days of Abraham, ...

“She was an incredible gift,” wrote one of the many Jewish educators who cited Appelman as an inspiration and mentor. (JTA) — Rabbi Rachel Isaacs hit brick wall after brick wall while looking for ...

I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to both of these papers. Rabbi Solomon and Cardinal Kaspar have made thoughtful presentations that frame the discussion and raise some provocative issues ...