JERUSALEM — When the Maccabees climbed the stairs of the Temple in Jerusalem, they lit the meno- rah with the knowledge that there was only enough oil to last for one day. Only a miracle could turn oil into a renew- able resource. And the future of...

JERUSALEM — My kids are the first to tell me that God does not have a body. “But how can He write us in a book of life? God isn’t like a person, ima!” Indeed.The image of an anthropomorphic God is rife, however, throughout the machzor, the High...

JERUSALEM — My kids are the first to tell me that God does not have a body. “But how can He write us in a book of life? God isn’t like a person, Ima!” Indeed. The image of an anthropomorphic God is rife, however, throughout the machzor, the High...

NEW YORK (JTA) -- When I walked into our local Kmart the night after Labor Day, Christmas music already beckoned shoppers to do what they do best during the great white winter holiday: consume. Traditional Christians probably decry the way in which the...