Faith

Few would take notice of the original meaning of the name given to the parliament of Israel.

Initially, my purpose in meeting Rabbi Elijah Peretz was to find out more about his wild game meat business.

In the articles dealing with Ps. 110:4 [“After the Order Of”?] and with Isa. 53:5 [“By His Stripes”?]—both pronounced Messianic passages—I demonstrated differences between the Hebrew of the Masoretic text [MT] and the Greek Septuagint [LXX].

…or should having plenty be enough?

“‘Boys will be boys’ has been an excuse for immoral behavior for too long.

Day of Atonement and the Suspension of Justice – Part III

In an extraordinarily well-conceived article on snippets from biblical Hebrew (First Fruits of Zion, Nov-Dec 1997, issue 52), Rimona Frank—an Israeli with a very good command of Hebrew, as well as English—compares two words from the root bet-resh-khaf: brakha (blessing) and the seemingly ‘lowly’ berekh (knee).

On November 24th, the walls of the Reform synagogue in the city of Ra’anana near Tel Aviv were defaced with threatening graffiti.

The Christmas season retells the marvelous events surrounding the birth of our Lord in Bethlehem: the shepherds, angels and manger, all familiar and beloved.