The thought of Carl Jung helped me learn the distinction between the God one might believe in versus the gods that are operating within us. To know that a person believes in the idea of God of Judaism ...

After Pinchas kills the Jewish man and Midianite woman committing immoral acts, God applauds Pinchas, granting him a “brit shalom” (covenant of peace; Numbers 25:12). Can we deduce from God’s approval ...

Parashat Pinchas begins with a continuation of the narrative of Israel’s immoral behavior found at the conclusion of Parashat Balak. That behavior was induced by Balaam, the heathen prophet hired by ...

Moses Views the Land of Israel. Woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld from the 1860 “Bible in Pictures.” Each week The Arty Semite connects the Torah reading — however tenuously — with a classic ...