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For English speaking Jews, Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook (called in Israel HaRav) has been an elusive magnet. It is ...

JTA — A new Biblical translation that eschews gendered pronouns for God is now available through Sefaria, the online library of Jewish texts, prompting backlash on social media from some who see the ...

Bestselling author Sally Rooney said that she decided not to publish her latest novel with an Israeli publishing house because she supports a boycott of Israel, but added that a non-Israeli press ...

Author Sally Rooney is holding off on allowing her current book to be translated into Hebrew, citing Israel's "system of racial domination and segregation against Palestinians." Modan, which said it ...

The difficultiesof translating the Hebrew Bible begin with the first word of Genesis. The King James Bible of 1611 translates Genesis 1:1 as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ...