The narrative of the Book of Ruth is poignant: One can almost feel the tragic atmosphere in the circle of three bereaved women and hear the soft voice of young widow Ruth as she declares her loyalty ...

This past month I’ve been teaching about the Book of Ruth in anticipation of Shavuot. I focused first on how the rabbis demonized Orpah for leaving Naomi and choosing the gods of Moab over the true ...

NEW YORK — Famine and flight, emigration and immigration, the idea of being a stranger in a strange land — the story of Ruth is as much a biblical story as it is a story for today. It’s also the ...

Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Christine Lahti's newest role is in the CBS made-for-television movie, "The Book of Ruth," in which she plays Maylene, an unhappy and controlling ...

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Chen Drachman and Tovah Feldshuh in “The Book of Ruth.” Photo by Arin Sang-urai What would have become of Anne Frank had she survived the Holocaust? That intriguing hypothetical is the premise of “The ...

What companies might learn from the Old Testament practice of gleaning. Gleaning, the Old Testament practice whereby farmers left an unharvested margin around their fields and the poor came and picked ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The mathematics of social network analysis may be employed to determine the central character in a narrative. In this article, a number of ...