This week the professor continues his series on the prophets of ancient Israel. Last week we considered the foundational prophet Amos. This week, his near contemporary in the eighth century B.C., the ...

“Go! Marry a prostitute and beget children of prostitution! For the land is guilty of the most hideous kind of prostitution for forsaking YHWH.” — Hosea 1:2 The Inclusive Bible The prophet Hosea was ...

This brief yet stirring passage from the prophet Hosea is paired with selections from Joel and Micah (in many Ashkenazi communities, though there are different customs), forming a tapestry of ...

This week ends the professor’s Bible study on the prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures, the shaggy “conscience of Israel.” Thus far we have reflected on Amos, Hosea and Jeremiah. This week we consider ...

In many ways, nations resemble people. Just like human beings, nations go through mood swings. Sometimes their populations are ecstatic, and at other times a psychological malaise hovers over the land ...

“Blow the great shofar for our ultimate redemption, and raise a banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together from the four corners of the earth to our land. Blessed are You Hashem, who gathers ...