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.

Our tradition calls him Avraham Avinu – Abraham our Patriarch. But more than just being “our patriarch,” Abraham was our very first leader. What kind of leader was Abraham? Initially he was ...

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 ...

Right-wing ministers and MKs believe time is ripe for scrapping a longstanding status quo dividing the Hebron holy site ...

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

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.

Hebrew Baby Names, American Baby Names Abe Father of a multitude. In Genesis the Old Testament patriarch Abram's name was changed to Abraham when it was revealed he would be father of the Hebrew ...

Abraham’s way conferred on him the status of being the first patriarch of the Jewish people. Noah's way of keeping distant from grappling with his evil inclination may be good for a person who ...

Some sages have argued that the blind patriarch Isaac was actually never deceived by Jacob. That seems like an intellectual ...