From the blog of Allen S. Maller at The Times of Israel ...

The Holy One said to the moon: Go, diminish yourself.” (Chullin 60b) “תִּקְוַת חוּט הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה.” “The hope of this scarlet thread.” (Yehoshua 2:18) When the Holy One told the moon to diminish ...

For centuries, scholars and skeptics have debated one of history’s strangest parallels the story of Moses and the reign of Akhenaten, Egypt’s heretic pharaoh. Could they have been the same man, or two ...

Hayner Library talk decodes messages in Underground Railroad spirituals ...

Whether you grew up with early classics like Antz, or in the Puss in Boots era, you probably have trauma from watching films ...

Egypt’s plans to expand tourism around the 6th-century St Catherine’s Monastery near Mount Sinai could compromise its peace ...

Moses Pendleton, founder and artistic director of the dance-theatre company MOMIX, will receive The University of Texas at ...

Raised as brothers in a palace of gold, Moses and Ramses are torn apart by a truth that will reshape their destinies — one to ...

There is a whole lot of movement in Parshat Lech Lecha. We begin the parashah with God’s command to Avram to leave his ...

Archaeologists have discovered in Egypt what they said provides tangible evidence for the story of Moses in the Bible's Book ...

St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, is known for its sacred peace, but is now preparing to open up ...