The first time I read aloud from the Book of Ruth was at the marriage of friends at the Catholic Church of St. Vincent Ferrer on New York’s Upper East Side. My friends had asked me to select a few ...

Lilith is one of those mythic figures who never stays still in a single story. She is a secret ingredient in many mysteries.

In Jewish folklore, Lilith was the first wife of Adam. The stories say God created them side by side, as equals. But Adam wanted a subservient wife. Unwilling to submit to her husband’s authority, she ...

Anybody with a passing acquaintance with Christian or Jewish religious texts would know the story of Adam and Eve: how she was tempted by a serpent to taste the forbidden fruit from the Tree of ...