During The Three Weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha B’Av, as we recall the destruction of the Temples, we read three of the most searing passages in the prophetic literature, the first two from the ...

In Shoftim, Moses speaks about the great institutions of Judaism: courts, judges, officers, Kings, Priests, Levites and Prophets. In the case of the Prophet, Moses says in the name of God: “I will ...

A London-based rabbi, Shire is vice-principal of the Leo Baeck College and Center for Jewish Education. In this beautifully illustrated book, he selects 30 individuals who meet his criteria for being ...

The tomb of the Jewish prophets Chagai, Zecharia, and Malachi on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem recently had its handrails upgraded with Christian crosses, under the approval of the monk ...

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Big ideas can certainly come in small packages. Just ask Habakkuk, eighth of the twelve minor prophets, and certifiable man of mystery. The minor prophets, so named for the brevity of their books, ...

As a Jewish girl growing up in a non-Jewish suburb, I often wondered, while reading “The Diary of Anne Frank,” which of our neighbors would have hidden me and my sisters in their attic. Recently, I ...