After 15 years of planning and preparation, the first modern English translation and commentary to focus exclusively on the writings of the ancient Hebrew prophets will be published next week by the ...

As we begin the new year 2026, I realize that we Jews have had our own “Prophet Sharing Plan” for thousands of years.

Through Israel’s returns home and national rebirth, we have already seen sparks of prophecy return. “Two men remained behind in the camp, the name of one was Eldad and the name of the second was Medad ...

(RNS) — Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, took place last Thursday, giving us Jews our annual opportunity to think about the prophet Jonah, whose book the rabbis assign us to read as the 25-hour fast ...

A London-based rabbi, Shire is vice-principal of the Leo Baeck College and Center for Jewish Education. In this beautifully illustrated book, he selects 30 individuals who meet his criteria for being ...

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For nearly 30 centuries the tomb of the prophet Nahum was an important pilgrimage site for Jews in what is today Kurdish Iraq. But after the founding of Israel in 1948, all its Jewish caretakers began ...

The role of the Hebrew prophets and the Scriptures in the development of “moral insights” which, in turn, led to some of the outstanding legal and political decisions by Western civilization, were ...