Thanks to Donnie Osmond, the world is quite familiar with the story of Joseph and his brothers. While we know the exquisite details of...

We have been reading the Torah for over two thousand years. The beauty of such a long relationship with a text is that we have poured...

Jacob was terrified. He had just finished deceiving his brother, his much larger, stronger, and fitter brother, stealing his birthright...

One of the most damaging notions when thinking about our Torah is to assume the perfection of the characters described. It is not an...

Humanity has expanded rapidly since the days of the Torah. In his anthropological treatise, Sapiens, Israeli writer Yuval Noah Harari...

When God created humanity, things didn’t go so well the first time. Or the second time. Or even the third time. From Adam and Eve eating...

God, as a character in the Torah, takes on many forms. In the Garden of Eden, God is described as “walking about the garden.” (Genesis...

Biblical Noah is best known for his zoological prowess. The story of his massive boat with two of every animal is one of the easiest...

“In the beginning…” The Torah begins at the beginning of the universe, with God starting to create the world. This first portion of the...