"In the story of Esau, one can hear the heart-wrenching cry of a young man who has lost his rightful place in his family." ...

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

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 ...

When famed Russian director Pavel Lungin first read Esau, the 1994 novel by celebrated Israeli author Meir Shalev, its unexpected familiarity struck him. As Pavel explains, it is a “novel speaking ...

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – James D. “Jimmy” Esau, age 55, of Youngstown, Ohio, passed away peacefully on November ...

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. – Niccolo ...