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 ...
It seems obvious to note that Jesus — like Don Juan, Oedipus and Count Dracula — has a cultural life having little to do with his original narrative. Although it is now widely believed that he did ...
This past Sunday, the Web-based culture organization Nextbook sponsored a daylong New York conference devoted to a subject not often explored in Jewish circles: the life and legacy of Jesus Christ.
Jesus of Nazareth is history’s most famous carpenter, but he is also, according to one poll history’s most famous Jew. He was born to Jewish parents, was circumcised, went to (the) Temple, attended ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement Sunday condemning the terrorist attack against the Jewish ...
In this article, Clive Lawton looks at Jesus and Christianity from his personal viewpoint as a Jew. My first encounter with Jesus was in primary school Nativity plays. Teachers desperately - kindly - ...
MELBOURNE -- There is no cross at Kol Mashiach Synagogue. "People think they'll come in here, and suddenly we'll produce one from the back room," said Messianic Rabbi Alan Levine, the spiritual leader ...
JERUSALEM — At the center of the Israel Museum's newest art exhibit stands an imposing, life-size marble figure of Jesus. The sculpture, titled "Christ Before the People's Court," would not be out of ...
When most people think of modern painter Marc Chagall, they likely think of lovers flying through the sky and folkloric village scenes; scenes of suffering do not often come to mind. However, during ...