For the Christian, the physical world we inhabit can never be seen as just there, a naked fact, to be treated as a neutral boundary or (worse) as something that is basically an impediment to a ...

This week’s Torah portion offers clues to getting though a painful moment in Jewish history, writes the executive vice president of Hadar. (JTA) — Abraham saw a world that was burning. A vivid midrash ...

Q. I am 18 years old, and recently the “problem of evil” really threw me for a loop and caused me a lot of pain. I am asking for your help in understanding it a bit more. Why did God, who is ...