Judah steps forward in the biblical portion of Vayyiggash, Genesis 44:18-47:31, which means “steps forward.” Judah stepped forward near Joseph  to defend his younger brother Benjamin, whom Joseph was ...

On a stele discovered in 1896, Pharaoh Merneptah indicates that in the 13th century the people of Israel were established in Canaan, that they were insignificant and that he had won a victory over ...

And this is a combination that both sums up our identity and is, ultimately, achievable only in Canaan/Israel. (I might even suggest that when Rachel absconded with her father’s idols it was not ...

At a deeper level, the problem with the people of the land was not that they were idolatrous, but something harder to change.

Canaan was an ancient country close to modern-day Israel. In contrast with Abraham's home, Canaan was an arid wasteland. God asked Abraham to follow the rules he had set and be a good example to ...

Yael Canaan’s submission of a Jewish-related architecture project resulted in a professor saying that she should have ...

The site was used by inhabitants during the period when the land was known as Canaan. The vessels had been unearthed in 2012 when the site was excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA ...

By Tamar Krigel Historical facts are powerful, but are often vulnerable to distortion when political agendas are at play. The indigenous connection of Jews to the homeland and the origins of the ...