The Ten Commandments are not an independent list of fundamental principles, but rather the nucleus from which the entire ...

So, you are white… But we — Black, brown, white, grey, green — are all humans, aren’t we? Who gave people their skin color? Who decided white was the best? […] ...

Rembrandt for shabbat nahamu-vaetchananThis Rembrandt-style image effectively mirrors the themes of this blog. Gemini ...

The Ark of the Covenant is one of those objects that has an incredible weight of mystery about it. It crossed the desert and ...

Christopher Nolan's casting of Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy has reignited debate over race and historical accuracy. Kosmo ...

Q: In a previous column, you said the Bible refers to the people who left Egypt in the Exodus as not just the Jewish people, but as a “mixed multitude.” What is the source and the significance of ...

Protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have been met with violence, killing at least 40 people. Sister Leticia 'Letty' ...

Liberals argue Jesus’ words in Matthew 25 mitigate in favor of accepting immigrants graciously into American society. In that passage, Jesus says that in the future his followers should treat poor ...

Should the United States restrict the study of the Bible to the church and home and forbid it in public schools? Or is some biblical material basic cultural information high school graduates should ...

I have been thinking about folks who are into one or another messianic worldviews. This can be a secular or religious search ...

The USA is fortunate. Given abundant resources, strategic geography, key conquests and energetic actors with a bit of luck, ...

This week’s Sidrah Va'etchanan opens with Moses begging God to allow him to enter the Promised Land; and God saying, “Enough!