You’ve read the Bible. But have you read it like this?

Eight out of ten Americans call themselves Bible believers. Fewer than half can name the first five books. Sixty percent cannot name even five of the Ten Commandments. And according to researchers who have tracked this for decades, it is getting worse every year.

The book of Judges and the crisis of belonging

Before I made aliyah to Israel, I spent nearly a decade as a teacher. During my graduate studies in education, one of my professors assigned a book called Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon.

The shark tank nobody talks about

Shark Tank has made television out of a simple premise: desperate entrepreneurs, ruthless investors, and the primal thrill of watching someone’s dream get torn apart or bought for a percentage they’ll regret. It works. But Ed Pierce thinks he can do better.

America is forgetting the Bible. Jews and Christians are fighting back.

The American Bible Society found that only 17 percent of American adults have read the entire Bible, while more than half rarely or never engage with it at all. Among Christians under 35, the numbers are significantly worse. That number has been declining for years, and there is no sign it is turning around. 

The countdown has begun: A conversation with Rabbi Elie Mischel, Part 2

The time has come to speak openly and honestly about who we are and what we are here for. I believe that clarity, Jewish clarity about Jewish identity, is essential to the redemptive process that both Jews and Christians are waiting for. We are in this together. And the first step is telling the truth.