Before the Bible tells us God commanded Abraham to go to a distant, unfamiliar land, which would be where there’s now a ...
Consider the story of Abraham’s passing off Sarah as his sister as the family is travelling through Gerar (Gen. 20). King Abimelech sends for Sarah, but then has a dream in which God accuses ...
In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham argues with God. Hearing the cities will be destroyed for the depravity of the ...
All four narratives are about the human condition as such. Their message is universal and eternal, as befits a book about G-d who is universal and eternal.
T his week the Torah introduces us to “Abraham our Father.” If Abraham is “our” father, the father of the entire Jewish people, he is my father. Having studied Abraham’s life for decades now, I have ...
Milei, who studies regularly with a rabbi but is not Jewish, name-checked the week's Torah portion, Lech Lecha.
Numerous questions arise when we delve into the biblical portion concerning Abraham in Lekh Lekha, Genesis 12:1-17:27. One such question is the apparent mistake in narrating Abraham’s story, which ...
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Abraham Lincoln statue was vandalized in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Monday. The statue of Lincoln was covered in red spray paint in the 1700 block of North Stockton ...
Onlookers at the Abraham Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park which was defaced with red paint overnight and discovered Monday. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Vandals splashed red paint and ...
Spray paint-wielding vandals in Chicago covered an iconic Abraham Lincoln statue with bizarre slogans on Monday — including one that claimed the Great Emancipator was actually an “executioner.” ...
American Ballet Theater opened its fall season at Lincoln Center with premieres by Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham in his most accomplished ballet yet. By Gia Kourlas For ballet to grow, it has to ...