Posts Tagged: Hebrew Bible
World’s Oldest Near-Complete Hebrew Bible Returns to Israel to Be on Permanent Display
The Codex Sassoon, the world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, arrived in Israel on Thursday, after being sold at auction for $38.1 million in...
Netanyahu’s Summer Reading List Includes Hebrew Bible, ‘Industries of the Future’
The Hebrew Bible and Alec Ross' Industries of the Future are among the books that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has been reading this...
UNESCO Recognizes Israel’s Aleppo Codex as World Treasure
JNS.org - Israel’s Aleppo Codex, believed to be the world’s oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible, has been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
Muslim IDF Recruits Hold Koran for Allegiance Oath
Religion can often take a backseat in Israel when it comes to security, as brothers Muhammad and Milad Atrash, two Muslim member's of the Israel...
Ancient Church Discovered Near Ark of the Covenant Site
Archeologists have discovered an ancient church in the ruins of the ancient biblical city of Shiloh. The church, which dates to the fourth century C.E., is...
The Hebrew Bible As Common Ground
Followers of the three great Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which comprise more than half the world's 7 billion people--frequently spend more time focusing on...
New Jewish Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz Sworn in with Hebrew Bible (VIDEO)
Hawaii's former Lieutenant Governor, Brian Schatz, was formally sworn into the Senate on Thursday, occupying the seat vacated by the death of Daniel Inouye last...
Saying America was Punished With Sandy Hook is Blasphemous
Flowers for those who died in the Sandy Hook shootings. Photo: Wikipedia. On CNN last week I was asked by Ashleigh Banfield to respond...
Thoughts from the Chief Rabbi for Rosh Hashanah 5773
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten Days of Penitence which culminate in the Day...
The Politics of Freedom
Having set out the broad principles of the covenant, Moses now turns to the details, which extend over many chapters and several parshiyot. ...
The Morality of Love
Something implicit in the Torah from the very beginning becomes explicit in the book of Devarim. God is the God of love. More than we...
Why Are We Afraid to Speak the Real Truth About Israel?
On a Hike Four Europeans go hiking together, and get frightfully lost. First they run out of food, and then they run...
Profits and Prophets
There are few more blazing passages in the whole of religious literature than the first chapter of the book of Isaiah, the great "vision," chazon,...
The Prophetic Voice
During the three weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha b'Av, as we recall the destruction of the Temples, we read three of the most searing...
