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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.

The weight of chosen-ness can feel heavy—until we begin to understand that Jewish survival and our commandments are part of a bigger story of redempti...

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.

The historical record is very clear. Jesus did exist. So, how did his existence come to be questioned by so many modern people?

Meditation in the Jewish Scriptures describes a different approach to mindfulness meditation: in the Scriptures, mindfulness meditation refers to appl...

This type of meditation now used in psychotherapy is derived from an old Buddhist discipline. But the Tanakh has its own, God-centered version.

Interacting with a personal God who listens to our prayers and cares about our daily affairs feels foreign to many Jewish people. Thus the Jewish heal...

The issues relevant to the “spiritual but not religious” movement are so ancient that the Jewish Bible addresses many of them—and so did Jesus!

God made you Jewish on purpose. What if faith in Jesus enables you to discover the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the One who has the final say on w...

I prayed, “God, if you exist, save me from death! I will believe in you all my life!” Suddenly, my sister, Sarah, grabbed my hand and we ran.

Jesus is often misunderstood because he’s taken out of context. We have to understand him within the world of first-century Jewish life.

When the truth hurts, we must choose either to endure pain or avoid truth. What does this mean when we apply it to a spiritual reality?

What is Christian antisemitism? This would mean siding against both the Jewish Apostles who penned the Christian New Testament, and against the Jewish...

The New Testament was written against the backdrop of first-century Israel, by Jewish authors—and carries the message of a Jewish Messiah.

More than any other book of the Hebrew Scriptures, the writings of the prophet Daniel confront us with evidence of the time of Messiah’s coming.

Jesus, being a son of David and son of Abraham, fits clearly into the Jewish story. His genealogy, recorded in the New Testament, explains this and mo...

Resurrection from the dead is an idea rooted in the Jewish Scriptures. But Jewish people and rabbis today have many different opinions about one resur...

What is the meaning of Isaiah 53? Does Isaiah 53 have descriptions of Jesus in the chapter? Read on here for more on the suffering servant described t...

It’s a very common misrepresentation that while Jews believe in one God, Christians believe in three. The fact is that Christianity is as firmly monot...