(RNS) — The Book of Jonah is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Because of what is happening in the Middle East right now, the Book of Jonah is especially relevant to us today. Jonah is not a ...

(RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza. (RNS) — The Book of Jonah is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Because of what is ...

The wolf of Hollywood. Jonah Hill carved out a name for himself in acting with his first lead role in 2007’s Superbad. Since then, the actor, comedian and producer has starred in several other hit ...

The prophet’s lesson is also ours: We must recover compassion for neighbor and enemy alike, or our words will be hollow. Political discourse today is increasingly marked more by bitter conflict than ...

George Clooney Said He Wanted More of Co-Star Jonah Hill in "Hail Caesar" — -- At the heart of the Coen brothers' latest film, "Hail, Caesar!” George Clooney plays a self-centered, shallow movie ...

Often unnoticed as the tale of Jonah being swallowed by a whale is read in synagogue on Yom Kippur is a much smaller animal. Jonah, “Yonah” in Hebrew, means a dove. As the two Israeli scholars Menahem ...