The pilgrimage to Hebron marks the weekly Torah portion Chayei Sarah, in which the Biblical patriarch Abraham buys the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in order to bury his dead wife Sarah.

University of Chicago law professor Julius (T.S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism and Literary Form) argues in this provocative if ultimately unconvincing account that the Jewish patriarch is emblematic of a ...

But there is no explanation given as to why Abraham was chosen as the patriarch of the Jewish people. While Abraham seemingly picked up and rerouted his life upon God’s command, he’s anything ...

Therefore Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are known as Israel’s patriarchs. Abraham is believed to be the founder of Judaism and he made a covenant with God, which still exists for Jews today.

We can infer that Abraham was not definitively chosen as Patriarch at the beginning of chapter 12. If you look at that blessing, there are several items that are missing. There is no promise of ...

In pardoning his son Hunter, President Biden faced a challenge like Abraham's with Isaac: does family or faith — in the ...