This summer I read a novel entitled Finding Grace. Long after I finished the book, I thought about the word “grace” and what it means in a Jewish context. My Christian friends use the word and in a Jewish circle, I am told it is a “Christian”...

This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Noach, tells the story of the eponymous Noah. Over six chapters (Genesis 6:9-11:32) and 153 verses, we read of Noah, the flood, the dove and olive branch, God’s promise to never again destroy the world and,...