The book opens (Jonah 1, 1) by saying, “And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amitay (אמתי)”. The name “Amitay” contains within it the word “emet” (אמת), which ...

The key is to read the Book of Jonah from the perspective of quantum theory. Devised 2800 years before the thought experiment in quantum physics called “Schrödinger’s Cat,” the Book of ...

In the book, Jonah tells the sailors to throw him overboard, as only this will calm the sea. Reluctantly, the sailors obey and the storm calms. A whale swallows Jonah, ...

And yes, Government Cheese takes the Book of Jonah literally in one wild episode that feels as on-the-nose as a pimple (but is well-executed). Suffice it to say, ...

Jonah Jacobstein is one of New York’s anointed thirtysomethings, dazzlingly successful and about to become more so, when he has an unfortunate encounter with a Hasidic Jew in a subway station on ...

The novel is divided into two sections, “Truth” and “Mercy,” the tension between which the Book of Jonah sits. The ancient prophet, after all, is given a commandment by God to warn ...

Must be, the midrashic collection Pirkei DeRebbe Eliezer suggests, that this sole survivor dried himself off, lived another 500 years, and went incognito in the Book of Jonah, read in synagogues ...

Like my character, I was confused by the book of Jonah, no matter how many times I had to study it. It is a strange tale, which many have found to be completely different from the stories of other ...

On Yom Kippur afternoon, the Jewish world pauses and studies one of the Bible's most perplexing books, Megillat-Yonah, or as it is known in English, the Book of Jonah.

What the Book of Jonah can teach us about the global refugee crisis (COMMENTARY) October 9, 2015. By Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Religion News Service.

Shani Boianjiu’s debut novel, “The People of Forever Are Not Afraid,” is now available. Her blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish ...