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I’m a person of faith but don’t observe much of rabbinic tradition. So, how can non-observant Jews like me celebrate the giving of the Law on Shavuot?
The Hebrew text of Exodus says that we saw the voice of God at Sinai. Rabbis interpret this visual manifestation as God’s words dividing into 70 langu...
Ruth is a mold-breaker. Her society was full of boxes, and she broke pretty much every box that can be broken without engaging in immorality.
Taking a deeper look at the meaning of the food eaten on Shavuot, we find a symbolic showcase of God’s promises to the Israelites—and to us today.
The joyful festival of Shavuot connected the people with their land, with each other, and with God as they made their pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
The Passover elements symbolize God’s character and have formed Jewish identity for generations by retelling the story of our liberation from Egypt.
I was surrounded by believers, but I kept reminding myself that so many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. I couldn’t betray my upbringing.
Why don’t Jews believe Jesus is the messiah? Some do! But for the majority of Jewish people, some of their reasons are cultural, historical, and or re...
Though our salvation comes from the Messiah, there are still two reasons that as Jews we find value in practicing commands of the Torah.
When I was five, the Nazis sent my father to the Warsaw Ghetto. Later, they deported all the Jews from Prague, and everything was taken away from us.
The Hebrew Scriptures were the key by which Jesus understood his vocation and life. We’ve gathered the 40 most striking messianic prophecies about Jes...
The Bible challenged ancient culture and included a place for women to participate in every aspect of life except the Temple priesthood.
Why does Jesus ignore this Gentile woman’s cries for help, tell his disciples that he won’t help anyone who’s not Jewish, then seem to insult her?
Why are many Jewish people wary of Jesus? The answers are rooted in church history and Christian antisemitism, impacting what Jews think of Christiani...
An exploration of the two different descriptions of the Messiah brought up in the book of Zechariah, the Jewish understanding of Messiah ben Joseph an...
God gave me a vision of the face of Jesus. I went home and found Adel. “Something terrible has happened!” I announced. “Jesus is the Messiah”
Shavuot has been relegated to the status of a lesser-celebrated holiday on our Jewish calendar. Yet it is a festival that reminds us that God meets bo...
Contrary to tradition, a fresh look at history and astronomy sets the date of Jesus’ birth at an important point in the Jewish holiday calendar.
Jewish faith in Jesus was handed down from generation to generation on both sides of my family, so my parents are Jewish Iranian believers in Jesus.
In the face of rising antisemitism, there are ways to fight back. One day, all will be held accountable to Him.
Scripture tells us that we Jews were chosen by God for a purpose. But what is that purpose? A closer look points to our loving God and our neighbors, ...
Moses chose not to reveal that he was a Hebrew. He actively identified as an Egyptian, and that’s how he would have gone down in history if God had no...
Cross-cultural challenges can result in marital complications. Blending cultures without privileging one faith over the other can feel impossible.
I expected the New Testament to be an antisemitic book with stories of Santa Claus! But right away the genealogy of Jesus had all these Hebrew names.
