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

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

I can imagine Jacob in our Torah portion justifiably bemoaning his fate as he trudged toward Paddan Aram, to escape the murderous wrath of his brother Esau. Their mother Rebecca had tricked her ...

Jacob spent 20 years beyond the borders of Israel in the home of a deceitful father-in-law and later confronted tensions within his own family – conflicts that ultimately led him into exile in Egypt.