Even if you’re a serious student of the Bible, you might not know what the Book of Esther is doing there, in the Bible. Don’t worry though, nobody else knows either. Although it tells of near-tragedy, ...

Esther Brownsmith is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Dayton, having received her doctorate from Brandeis University and conducted postdoctoral research at M.F. Norwegian ...

With Election Day weeks away, both parties are reaching out to people of faith, as those with some religious affiliation are still a large percentage of Americans voters, having with a huge impact.

Jewish persecution and Jewish self-protection, not to mention Jewish paranoia, the relations of Jews and Persians, the morality of Jewish reprisals for Jewish persecution, even the impulsive acts of a ...

ALBAWABA - An Israeli search and rescue team assisting Turkish authorities in saving people trapped under the rubble from a massive earthquake found something they were neither looking for, nor ...

Believe it or not, I used to be a Sunday school teacher. In a way, I still teach Sunday school, except now I do it on Saturday nights and half my “class” is naked. This Saturday, I will gather a group ...

This must be President Trump’s year of living biblically. Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a trip to the Holy Land during the Jewish holiday of Purim, offered his diplomatic view that God ...