What we can learn from the Hebrew midwives of Exodus who defied a tyrant to protect the vulnerable. Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether in ...

When I first picked up a copy of Miguel De La Torre’s The Quest for the Cuban Christ as a seminarian, I was looking forward to reading about Jesus and my foremothers and forefathers. Needless to say, ...

Shiphrah and Puah, two midwives in Egypt, were commanded by the tyrant Pharoah to kill all male Israelite babies. As Exodus’ first chapter describes, however, the women sensed that above the monarch ...

The identity of the midwives Shifra and Puah, introduced in Shemot Chapter 1, has been a subject of much debate among commentators. The Torah refers to them as "הַמְיַלְּדֹת הָעִבְרִיֹּת" which ...

Our congregation follows the practice of “following the lectionary.” This means that on Sunday mornings, we read portions of our sacred story as prescribed by a multiyear sequencing of major ...

(RNS) — Nearly nine months into 2025, it seems there is no escaping the soul-crushing headlines of clawed‑back voting rights, mass deportation raids, families torn apart, the law enforcement takeover ...

The Karliner Rebbe once quipped with me that he heard PUAH was closing down. “Really?” I asked. “Yes, the Mashiach is coming, and PUAH will not be needed,” he replied with a big smile. I have thought ...