(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of Genesis — the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. Jacob has fled from ...

He and Judah build the corrugated metal beds for the gardens and provide soil, seeds and guidance. “We’re using a soil technique called ‘hugelkultur,” Jacob explained. “That sounds like ...

Perhaps that’s why I’ve always been fascinated by Jacob’s ladder, scaled by unafraid angels, its top reaching all the way to the sky. As described at the beginning of this week’s parsha ...

It’s also asking for donations of whole pinecones, creamy peanut butter, and bird seed for students to make a pinecone feeder to hang at home or at school in Jacob’s memory. Students with ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is an anguished cry from the heart of Mohammad Rasoulof, the Iranian filmmaker who just fled his home country for Europe after an eight-year prison sentence from ...

Seeds have helped plants evolve into a breathtaking variety of forms that fill our world with color and provide us with food and medicine. It's difficult to imagine where plants would be today ...

The Rangers took the ice Friday night against the Penguins without their captain, Jacob Trouba, who was traded to the Ducks before puck drop in exchange for defenseman Urho Vaakainen and a ...

The focus of the blessing given to Jacob, when disguised as Esau, is materialistic. In contrast, the focus of the blessing given to Jacob at the end of the Parasha is spiritual.

The Rangers still had a game to play that night when word got around Friday morning that captain Jacob Trouba was being held out of their matchup with the Penguins for the purpose of “roster ...