According to an intriguing Midrash (Tanchuma Toldot 4), Abraham would not have made it out of his hometown of Ur Casdim alive were it not for the intervention of his grandson Jacob. King Nimrod ...

The post West Bank historian slain in Lebanon might have been attempting to visit tomb associated with Simeon, son of Jacob – ...

Gd will never finish giving him everything He has for him. But Jacob – Israel – will have to feel the lack, recognize it and ask for what’s missing. This cycle will do two things ...

The Midrash HaGadol has Laban’s birth aligned with those he would soon oppress. “Laban was born through the merit of the ...

Jacob was silent when his daughter Dinah was held by the prince of Shechem, who asked Jacob for permission to marry her. When his sons agreed on the condition that all the men of Shechem circumcise ...

As the climate crisis intensifies, Rabbi Jacob Siegel is at the forefront of an urgent mission: aligning Jewish values with impactful financial action to combat the climate emergency. Serving as ...

Jacob Rosenheim, one of the founders of the Agudath Israel World Organization, and one of that Orthodox organization’s topmost leaders for many years, died here today at the age of 95.