The modern reader should understand the word hosanna to be an exclamation of praise directed especially at the promised ...

That would be a surprise to people who live in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities such as Kiryas Joel and Monsey, N.Y., where ...

This week’s Arabic word of the week is, in its many variations, one of the most popular names, not only in the Arab world region but around the world. Mariam is a female name that has a long, rich ...

A statue of the 19th-century Maronite Christian St. Mar Charbel stands as a bulldozer clears debris from the site of an ...

Hundreds of Wordle puzzles have passed since the game was first unleashed onto the world, and there's now a burgeoning repository of words that now cannot be used for any future Wordle puzzles. If you ...

This idea can be illustrated by taking a close look at the names Dina, Adina, and Vardina. All three of these names rhyme with each (they each end with the two syllables dina), yet each name has a ...

When you want to get the most bang-for-your-buck, you try to go to someone who is a specialist in what you need. When it comes to prayer, Yitzchak is the specialist for, while Avraham is the Amud HaCh ...

Chag Hasigd, which was recognised as a national holiday in Israel in 2008, is now an emblem of diversity. But he believes its ...

Exploring the threads of agape in the Iliad, Odyssey, and the Bible—how ancient gods, a heroic wanderer, and the divine ...