(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of Genesis — the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. Jacob has fled from the murderous ...

Jacob is a most interesting patriarch. It is through him that God’s promise to Abraham would be realized. But he’s also a swindler. I’ll admit my indebtedness to the Polish author, Roman Brandstaetter ...

I have a pretty paralyzing fear of heights. Ask me to walk across New York’s George Washington Bridge and I’m hard pressed to take even three steps forward towards New Jersey. I wouldn’t bungee jump ...