(JTA) — Building up to Sukkot, with its temporary, shaky sukkah, it’s easy to forget that the holiday comes with something more substantial: its own book, Ecclesiastes — Kohelet in Hebrew — which is ...

In the best-known court case in the Hebrew Bible, two women come to King Solomon, the wise, wealthy, and powerful king with the following quandary: One of their children died in his sleep, while the ...

There is a profound failing in the approach to law of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority. They do not much care about the facts of the cases before them, choosing instead to base their ...

Sunday, July 26, is the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52 or 13:44-46. As humanity continues ...

“Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.” (Note how unusual it would have been for a king to involve himself in a dispute between prostitutes, the lowest of subjects. That showed ...

Many Christians and Jews believe that the wisdom of King Solomon extended well beyond ordinary human perception. A gift from God, it allowed him to understand the hidden forces of nature, the inner ...

There is a profound failing in the approach to law of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority. They do not much care about the facts of the cases before them, choosing instead to base their ...