The severity of Nadav and Avihu’s punishment prompts Jewish reflection. A Sanhedrin was deemed severe if issuing a death ...

ABC, with very few exceptions, has offered “The Ten Commandments” as the network’s featured film for Holy Week.

These 20 vintage baby names are slated to make a huge resurgence in the coming years - from those with deep associations with ...

Scholars of Catholic-Jewish relations remember the pontiff's warmth, humility; late Church leader made important strides in ...

The Italian biblical commentator Ovadiah ben Yakov Sforno (1474-1549) writes: וידום אהרן, seeing he consoled himself after ...

A belief that Jesus travelled to India and adopted Buddhist teachings and methods has been around since at least the 19th Century when scholars attempted to explain the similarities between Christiani ...

Italy's diverse regional cuisines are known for distinct local ingredients and culinary methods, and there's a world of ...

6 All we like sheep have gone astray ... and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gab'batha. 14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it ...

She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, 'Rabbouni,' which means Teacher ... Jesus said to him, 'Feed my sheep.... Follow Me' " (John 21: 15, 17b, 19b). Reflection: The Risen Lord directs His ...

In 1974, Pamela Nadler Emmerich — then a teenager from Montreal — arrived in Jerusalem for her freshman year at Hebrew University. Not knowing what to expect, she signed up for a course on ...

The Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Ave., Great Neck, will exhibit artworks from the North Shore Hebrew Academy from May 5 to May 29 at its Main Library Lover-Level Art Gallery. An art reception ...