Purists, beware. Stephen Mitchell’s “A Book of Psalms” is not so much a translation of the sacred poem-prayers as it is a believer’s reinterpretation. “My primary allegiance in these psalms,” Mitchell ...
Douglass told the audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852, that for a free Black like himself, being expected to celebrate American independence was akin to the Judean ...
Yael Kanarek’s “Toratah: The Artistry of Transformation,” is now on view at the Midtown Reform congregation. (New York Jewish Week) — What if the first book of the Hebrew Bible had a female God who ...