One of my teachers, Rabbi Burt Visotzky, tells the story of meeting Elijah the Prophet while on a mission meeting refuseniks in the Former Soviet Union: They were advised that they would be followed ...

Elijah fed by the ravens, by Giovanni Lanfranco. (Credit: Wikicommons.) Listen The witness of the prophet Elijah echoes through the ages. The holy man’s life was filled with intense prayer and ...

This is Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s depiction of John the Baptist pointing to Jesus Christ as the savior of mankind. Murillo lived from 1617-82. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told a crowd in ...

2 Review Roundup: Bess Wohl's LIBERATION Opens On Broadway 3 Review Roundup: LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD Opens On Broadway Follow the journey of the incredible prophet Elijah as he stands against King Ahab ...

Most Jews are not familiar with the biblical Elijah nor with his Talmudic portrayal. They know of him because of childhood memories of the seder — when the Cup of Elijah adorned the table, or when the ...

National Jewish Book Award winner Matt (God and the Big Bang) illuminates in this astute entry to Yale’s Jewish Lives series how depictions of the biblical prophet Elijah have evolved over centuries.

My caution to those who “stand for truth” by calling down “fire from heaven” upon its enemies. At the moments in life when I’m feeling especially scared, I’ve noticed that Elijah is the last person I ...

Heavens have no wrath like a prophet defied and when the spurned prophet also happens to be a politician, the results can be catastrophic as happened to one shopkeeper. Awed residents punctuate the ...

Muzei Farfora (Porcelain Museum), no. 182, hand-written label on the reverse NarKomPros (People’s Committee for Enlightenment) Department of Museum Affairs, no. 5888, hand-written label on the reverse ...

The last book of the old dispensation mingles remonstrations against the sins of priests and people with threats of judgments, exhortations to repentance, and prophecies of the calling of the Gentiles ...