During my Bible reading, I came across something I would like to share. Hot off the press!! (No pun intended). It’s found in Genesis Chapter 33. It’s the story where ...

My Hebrew name is Ya’akov, Hebrew for Jacob. When I celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah years ago at the age of 13, the observance coincidentally coincided with readings in the Torah about the life of ...

Chapter 25 and Chapter 26 The middle of Chapter 25 announces: “This is the story of Isaac.” Except it’s not; the “story of Isaac” is actually the stories of Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob—of everyone but ...

Jacob spotted him first. From the kitchen window, he saw Esau stumble slightly on the path. His gait was slower than usual, ...

Have you ever read the same book or watched the same movie over and over again, and hope beyond hope that it has a different ending just this one time? As the Jewish community considers the Jacob and ...

Indeed, Esau’s willingness to trade something eternal for something fleeting remains intact even after he is nourished. He is ...

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This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. I was thrilled ...

No Jew is too far. No Jew is “just another Esau.” Every Jew who stands before the world looking like Esau is still, ...

If you love something, you have to be willing to put in the work. Is God only concerned with saving souls? Or does He care about both the spiritual and physical well-being of humanity? In this episode ...