A recent fire at a synagogue here created damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the damage to the shul’s library of about 2,000 holy books cannot be so easily tabulated. The ...
It's time now for another conversation about the different ways we find meaning in the world with our colleague Rachel Martin. It's part of her series called Enlighten Me. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL ...
Peters, professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at NYU and author of The Children of Abraham, lucidly explains how Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities understand and interact with their ...
The program's initiator, Prof. Dalit Rom-Shiloni from the Department of Biblical Studies, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology, explains: "The Orit of Beta Israel includes the Five ...
It was my mom's birthday the other day. She died 14 years ago of cancer. She would have been 74 years old. Every year I scan my bookshelves for her copy of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" written by ...