Q:Good God Squad piece this week, Rabbi! I am preaching this coming Sunday on that father/son relationship of Abraham and Isaac at my church in Patchogue, N.Y., where I serve as pastor. I love your ...

Q: Attending Catholic school as a child, I remember being bothered by the story of Abraham being tested by God. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, up to Him. Once God saw that Abraham ...

Years ago, when I was telling my young children the story of the Akeda, “the sacrifice of Isaac” from this week’s Torah portion, my daughter, Batya, tearfully interrupted my tale saying, “Stop lying ...

Nov. 1 — To the Editor: In his article, "Eid al-Adha: Time to submit, celebrate" (P.H. 10/27), Robert Azzi extols his experience and that of his Muslim co-religionists as they celebrate "the ...

The story in Genesis of Abraham’s willingness to kill his son Isaac at God’s command still gets a lot of attention. But it doesn’t get a lot of love. In every broadside against religion, God’s ...

(RNS) The shared story of the binding of Isaac can be a story of hope for peace between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East and across the globe. (RNS) On Wednesday (Sept. 23) as Jews end their Yom ...

Bruce Chilton’s “Abraham’s Curse” (The Chronicle Review, February 15) engages in the politically and theologically fashionable practice of moral equivalence by suggesting that opposites are really ...

God: (Genesis 22:2, as read on Rosh HaShanah) “Take your child, your only child, that you love so dearly, and offer him to Me as a sacrifice.” Me: (in the voice of John McEnroe, 1981) “You cannot be ...

Tatana Hobson 14, Annia Hobson 13, and Leilany Canate, 16, mourn in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. A gunman entered the school last ...

In del Sarto's painting “The Sacrifice of Isaac,” it’s in their faces for us to see. They may trust in God, but they can never again trust one another. “God said to Abraham, kill me a son. Abe said ...

It was last Sunday morning at Mass and I was sitting in my celebrant’s chair next to the altar, dressed in my modest purple silk and the omnipresent and incredibly annoying face mask. The lector was ...