FRIDAY’S announcement of the release of the Oriire captives sent Nigerians into a state of collective rejoicing. It beautifully confirmed the universality of grief’s thesis: that whether in Nchatancha ...

Several years back, around the time my first book was published, I received an invitation via my Italian publisher to speak at a large cultural festival in Rimini. Not knowing much about the Italian ...

May 20 (UPI) --Even as AI reshapes how students learn, work, and understand themselves, a landmark UNESCO report released this month finds that only one in five universities worldwide has a formal ...

According to Rabbi Akiva, it is the fundamental rule of the Torah. For many today — Jews and non-Jews alike — it’s the universal moral commandment. It shows up in this week’s parshat Kedoshim. In ...

This year, wherever in the world you find yourself as you gaze outside on Tu Bishvat, look not only at the trees themselves, but rather at the hope and promise that lie within. In many ways, the ...

(RNS) — “I realized it was that Renee Good, our kids are in school together,” read a text I received in the last 24 hours from a friend in our Minneapolis community. I did not know Renee personally, ...

We are becoming more familiar with this threatening figure. He was in Los Angeles, then in DC. He was in Chicago for nearly all of fall. He was sent to New York. He has been spotted in North Carolina, ...

(RNS) — I have profound problems with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, stemming from his repeatedly stated anti-Zionism, which he turned into policy within the first days of his administration. But ...

I’m still not sure whose idea it was for me to be Casper’s therapist—mine or his. I know I mentioned my profession to him, but I am pretty sure he was the one who engaged me that way. I also know how ...

Michael Marmur knows that some of the theological questions he raises in his new book may not be entirely palatable to readers. The Jerusalem-based Reform rabbi likens them to crunchy peanut butter.