The virtues of Ramadan extend beyond the individual. Fasting fosters empathy for the less fortunate, as Muslims are reminded of the hunger and thirst endured by those who struggle with poverty. This ...
In Jewish tradition, kavod hamet, honoring the dead, is one of the greatest mitzvot. It is a mitzvah that cannot be repaid, a ...
What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.
Scientists have discovered natural death pools in the Red Sea, in the region now believed to be the location where Moses ...
Every February, Black History Month helps us reflect on how our nation’s racial past informs our present—to acknowledge the ...
The root חמד is not necessary something that is bad: it can also mean to take pleasure in, to delight in, to be desirable, to ...
For Black writers and creatives like me, Black History Month (BHM) can be something like the Christmas season. Joy permeates ...
So slavery is to be abolished, but it is a fundamental principle of God’s relationship with us that he does not force us to change faster than is possible of our own freewill.
The time is now to take that giant step in making tourism and Mount Sinai a powerful bridge for peace between our two great ...
A new film, "The 21," recounts the beheadings 10 years ago of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS radicals. But the film also ...
On Wednesday, the 12th, we could see the full moon of February, the so-called Snow Moon (the name doesn’t require any explanation in Montana). That full moon overlapped perfectly with the Jewish ...
What the Bible and history tell us about the claim that God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants.