Q: Let's talk about the idea of the covenant. Tell us more about its importance. Cohen: One of the main ideas of the Hebrew Scriptures is that the people of Israel relate to God through a covenant.

The word covenant means agreement, such as a contract between two people. Many Jews see their relationship with God as a covenant, or an agreement. The belief is that God asks them to do certain ...

In a new book, “Holiness and Society,” the Israeli scholar Ronen Shoval seeks to understand the philosophical implications of the phrase and its contemporary resonance.

So slavery is to be abolished, but it is a fundamental principle of God’s relationship with us that he does not force us to change faster than is possible of our own freewill.

(Qur’an 6:42-43) The Banu Israel (Jewish People) became the first ongoing monotheistic community to last to the present because God made a special covenant with the whole Banu Israel which ...

My love for Israel and the Jewish people is rooted in my love for God and my reverence for the covenant He made with the Jews ...

With the terrible pogrom that took place in my hometown, Amsterdam, and the ongoing antisemitism in Europe, the United States, and indeed worldwide, it is time to give proper attention to one of ...

Can you believe that the actual Ark of the Covenant that led the Israelites (Hebrew people) for 40 years in the Wilderness ...