Daniela — A modern name for your baby girl of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my judge.” Diana — You might recognize this name ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster explains the Jewish perspective on the choosing of Moses and the women who ...

Explore classic American baby names that have stood the test of time, with meaningful, traditional favorites that parents ...

Two infants died and 53 babies and toddlers were injured to varying degrees in an incident at an unlicensed Jerusalem daycare ...

We’re all familiar with the narrative: in Parshat Shemot we’re told how Pharaoh, King of Egypt, declared that every baby boy born would be cast cruelly into the waters of the Nile. Moshe’s parents, ...

Have you noticed an uptick in parents using last names as first names, especially with boys? If so, then you've identified ...

The verb va-yach (“he struck”) is also significant. It shares its root with makot, the plagues. Moses strikes first; God ...

This is not something I knew when I washed up on the banks of the Ganges at the age of twenty-three, looking for my own ...

Two were lowly midwives named Shifra and Puah. The third was a princess, the daughter of Ramesses II, the most powerful pharaoh in Egyptian history. Their tales begin with a genocidal decree. Pharaoh, ...

Hundreds of young Israeli soldiers were killed in the Gaza war these last few years. Their families were asked to make a quick and unusual decision. Should they retrieve their sons' sperm from their ...

The project to rebuild and run the Gaza Strip gives broad powers to the US president but Israel objects to the composition of ...

It’s fair to say Charles Grodin, star of stage, screen and radio, had a reputation for being difficult. At times he seemed to ...