John Wesley (18th c., Methodists). An Anglican priest who insisted he was “no separatist.” Methodist societies were designed as renewal within Anglicanism; institutional realities—especially in ...

Twenty-four years ago this week, I was in Jerusalem to cover Pope John Paul II’s epic pilgrimage to the Holy Land for NBC. After going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray at the 11th and 12th ...

The Jewish Federation said it is "horrified" by the Wednesday car and knife attack at a Manchester, England synagogue. The ...

Jesus of Nazareth is perhaps the most significant individual in human history, and yet some skeptics and critics have questioned his existence. How much can we actually know about him beyond the ...

Among my fellow Jews, there is much misinformation and “fake news” about the Jewish Jesus, starting with my deceased parents. During Christmas time, a few years before my mother passed, I told her ...

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Ancient bronze coins dating to the 4th century A.D. were uncovered in a hiding complex at Hukok, a village located three ...

For two thousand years, Mary—the mother of Jesus—has been honored in cathedrals, hymns, and paintings as the Virgin Mother of ...

Talmudic disapproval: Most rabbis frown upon gambling, citing a line in the Talmud that says a dice player cannot be accepted as a witness. That teaching is generally interpreted as applying only to ...