Reading Vayishlach should make us miss our mothers — mothers who cradled us, cuddled us, and cried for us. I exclude Sarah, who hardly even talks to Isaac. Rebecca ranks higher, however, loving Jacob ...

Rabbi Katie Mizrahi is the spiritual leader of Or Shalom in san Francisco. Rabbi Mizrahi was ordained through the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2005. Previously, she studied for several ...

The Biblical narrative of the relationship between Yaakov and Esav, who are depicted in post-Biblical Jewish literature as the prototypical Jew and gentile, is the most fertile story for understanding ...

Is public protest an effective means of bringing about change? While many insist on its value, some have argued that demonstrations on behalf of Jewish causes precipitate anti-Semitic backlash. The ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Susan Leider, Rabbi of congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon, CA. Rabbi Leider received her Bachelor of Music and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from the University of ...

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.-Carl Gustav Jung After twenty years, Jacob escapes from his treacherous father-in-law, ...

Nationhood is hard. Forming a cohesive people able to take the reins of its own national promise is a tortuous journey. It typically entails internal battles within the polity, and external ones with ...

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Could Jacob’s altercation with a mysterious man have been the beginning of a process of repentance for having taken the blessings from his brother Esau? Interestingly, Jacob calls the name of the ...