Jimmy Carter and Israel
In 2020, I wrote a column summarizing some of the material in Stuart Eizenstat’s 2018 book: “President Carter: The White House Years.” I thought it
March 20, 2025
In 2020, I wrote a column summarizing some of the material in Stuart Eizenstat’s 2018 book: “President Carter: The White House Years.” I thought it
This is an interesting and unresolved issue in the story. Here are the surrounding verses and the full context: Verse 17: “The king loved Esther
I am here going to summarize a review essay in Tradition, volume 57, winter 2025. The essay is by Marc Herman, an assistant professor at
I have always wondered about this topic. Periodically, I would google something like, “Hebrew Final Letters,” but I never found anything helpful. I have a
At Exodus 23:5, we are told that if one sees the donkey of one’s enemy lying (on the ground) under his burden, “Ve-chadalta mei-azov lo,
Part II As I wrote in the first part of this series, I would like to explain what I do and educate you a bit
The noun חיל (chayil) appears over 200 times in Tanach. It has a few different meanings: Army: See, e.g., Exodus 14:28, “chail Pharaoh” (army of
The verb פרנס (to distribute, supply) has four root letters. This makes us think it did not originate in Hebrew as Hebrew roots normally have
This is a phrase that appears in the context of the plague on the first born. Here are verses 11:6-7: “There shall be a loud
I have been writing for and reading The Jewish Link for years. I have read about so many different professions (e.g., mortgage financing, home decluttering
Nowhere in Tanach is anyone counting the year from creation. What is the origin of this counting method? As further background, if one looks at
Near the end of Exodus chapter one, we have the following statement: “Because the midwives feared Elokim, He made them בתים (houses).” What could that
