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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 474

theology

Christian students enrolled in the master's program for Jewish studies at Yeshiva University read a piece of text from the book of Shemot, or Exodus, while on a tour of the campus guided by Jewish educators. (Courtesy Yeshiva University via JTA)
August 17, 2023, 3:35 am
Yeshiva University launches master’s program for Christian students
The 2-year track at the Modern Orthodox flagship is being called an ‘experiment,’ but what’s certain is that it reflects a growing Evangelical interest in Jewish practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Harold Kushner gives an interview aired November 26, 2004. (PBS screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2023, 12:54 pm
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88
Influential congregational leader wrote bestselling theological guide after his son was diagnosed with fatal premature aging condition progeria
By Ben Harris and PHILISSA CRAMER
Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer, in his Miami Beach apartment, October 10, 1978. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
June 5, 2021, 7:29 am
1952 prayer by Bashevis Singer found scrawled on rent slip in unpublished trove
Unseen collection comes out next spring; writer and scholar David Stromberg discusses the Nobel laureate’s religious ambivalence, and why his liturgical Hebrew plea resonates today
By Yaakov Schwartz
Rabbi Stephen Slater at the entrance of Temple Beth-El in Birmingham, Alabama. (Kim Eriksson/ via JTA)
May 31, 2021, 4:40 am
Rabbi Stephen Slater credits his Baptist missionary parents for his spirituality
While he’s not the only Jew by choice serving as a pulpit rabbi, he’s the only one whose parents spent decades bringing Jesus to the Ivory Coast — and his devotion reflects it
By Ben Harris
Rabbi Joshua Berman. (Courtesy)
May 28, 2020, 12:06 pm
Orthodoxy can withstand an unflinching, academic look at the Bible, says scholar
In new book ‘Ani Maamin,’ Bar-Ilan University prof/Orthodox rabbi Joshua Berman faces crises of faith head on, using academic research to uphold the integrity of the biblical text
By Sam Sokol
An ultra-Orthodox man, masked amid the COVID-19 crisis, gestures near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. April 19, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 13, 2020, 4:40 am
Slammed by COVID-19, ultra-Orthodox Jews try to understand what God hath wrought
Why would the heavenly power permit such evil? Posters see punishment for gossip and women’s immodesty; rabbis spy signs of messiah’s coming; others say they just don’t know
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, at his home after lighting Hanukkah candles on December 5, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
May 6, 2020, 5:58 pm
Influential rabbi claims ultra-Orthodox more prone to God’s COVID-19 wrath
Ultra-Orthodox Jews receive harsher punishments for sins than secular Jews, Gershon Edelstein says in latest attempt to blame pandemic on anything but science
By Sam Sokol
Artist John Hendrix. (YouTube screenshot)
January 27, 2019, 5:41 am
A pastor who helped plot to kill Hitler is now the hero of a graphic novel
Artist John Hendrix, himself a man of faith, immortalizes theologian and anti-Nazi activist Dietrich Bonhoeffer in ‘The Faithful Spy,’ a serious comic for teens and tweens
By Rich Tenorio
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
July 25, 2018, 3:06 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
The revelation is taking place today!
The Torah was given once, but receiving it takes place every day
Francis Nataf
July 20, 2018, 6:54 pm
Francis Nataf
Mourning the loss of mourning
What if you couldn’t give any presents to the one you love — wouldn’t that destroy some aspect of your relationship?
Alan Abrams
July 4, 2018, 3:10 pm
Alan Abrams
Walking through the valley of the shadow of death
My health crisis is not over, but I am living it with joy, intentionality, and an eagerness for more
Rachel Stomel
May 18, 2018, 11:38 am
Rachel Stomel
#MeToo at Mount Sinai
How could the Children of Israel stand in God’s powerful presence and truly consent to His command?
Shayna Goldberg
March 21, 2018, 3:08 pm
Shayna Goldberg
Passover in a postmodern age
We can chalk our beliefs up to artificial constructs that keep us subservient, but our experiences are real and they are freeing
Ely Simon
February 8, 2018, 3:42 pm
Ely Simon
But people aren’t really EVIL, are they?
Why our brains insist that clearly barbaric behavior must be a delusion
Sarah C. Rudolph
February 3, 2018, 5:06 am
Sarah C. Rudolph
The comfort of a bedtime ritual
I can’t shield my kids from all the evil in the world, but I can help them cope with uncertainty
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