Both Hebrew and Chinese emerged from pictographic origins. Before alphabets and phonetics, their letters and characters were ...

It was supposed to be a secular humanist synagogue, but with all the ridicule and abuse, it was a lot more like 'Lord of the ...

Sabra [n.] — slang for an Israeli born in Israel. Like the prickly pear cactus it’s named for: sharp, blunt, and defensive on ...

Countering that, some will point to Paul saying in 1 Corinthians 13:1, “If I speak with tongues of men and of angels” and ...

Isaiah the Prophet The seal is impressed in Old Hebrew script with the name Yesha‘yah [u] (the Hebrew name of Isaiah), followed by the word nvy.

I smile when I think of him now. I look at the pictures of our past with no regrets, knowing just how fortunate I was to have met this man who adored me and who opened up my world to heights and new e ...

Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

David Haldane is an award-winning American journalist and author with homes in Joshua Tree, California, and Surigao City, Mindanao. His latest book, Dark Skies: Tales of Turbulence in Paradise, is ...

I believed there was evidence that the Israeli military had committed war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity in ...

Cynthia Erivo, the award-winning actor and star of Wicked, will play Jesus Christ at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tamara Yajia about her memoir, Cry for Me, Argentina: My Life as a Failed Child Star and growing up with her unconventional family in the U.S. and Argentina.

It is not only American Jews who are reevaluating their personal safety in a changed environment. Israelis love to travel.