Lessons from spiritual whiplash.
Figs, grapes, and unconvincing explanations.
Liberation theology, the Exodus, and divine love.
Englishmen discovering Judaism, from the 17th-century Netherlands to the 20th-century Upper West Side.
The temptation is overwhelming to excuse or soften the drama of Genesis 22. A leading professor of Jewish thought explains how to get past that, and what meaning lies beyond it.
How the story of Hannah mirrors that of Abraham.
And what we can learn from it today.
Instead, he founded a family.
Lessons without simplistic messages.
Tola ben Puah.
A reader’s question prompts Philologos to turn up a crucial link between the three.
How to know if an argument is for the sake of heaven.
Sweet, with a subtle tang and a hint of banana.
Scientists extract the resin of the pistachio tree using ancient methods.