In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

The violence of brothers hating each other and even killing one another –which we are witnessing in Israel and Palestine in ...

While reading Parshat Vayishlach this year, I was struck by the imbalance between speech and silence and what it suggests ...

Opposition accuses Netanyahu of seeking to advance bill to exempt ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service to satisfy his ...

If Israel, like Jacob, holds fast to its mission – even in exile, even in danger, even in darkness – then the promise of ...

'Divrei HaLev': A renowned Talmudist rabbi's weekly Torah portion lessons - review Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical ...

SANDUSKY Co., Ohio (WTVG) - A portion of US 23 near US 6 is closed due to a commercial vehicle crash. According to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP), both north and southbound ...

ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced on Saturday evening that southbound US-131 is back open from 100th Street to 142nd Avenue in Allegan County. A ...

This week’s Torah portion is Vayera: Genesis 18:1 – 22:24 The first Shabbat after daylight standard time always comes as a shock to the system, despite the fact that it occurs every year. Preparing to ...

Portion 13 (a portion of Portion 9) of the Farm Fort Klipdam 852 (T75109/2008 ) LOST OR DESTROYED TITLE DEED Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation 68(1) of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of ...

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — A portion of Highway 13 in Dakota County will be closed for five days. MnDOT says they're closing Highway 13 between Wachtler Avenue and Sylvandale Road in Mendota Heights ...

Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...