Yet from a traditional Jewish perspective, Islam does not constitute a new covenant equal to the Torah’s. Like Ishmael — a ...

Since the day that Isaac and Ishmael buried Abraham, after a lifetime of enmity and estrangement from each other, Hebron’s unity has been elusive. A city steeped in history and in strife. A place of ...

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 ...

It is the friendship between their sons Isaac and Ishmael that exacerbates Sarah’s jealousy to the point that she banishes Hagar and Ishmael to likely die in the desert.