When famed Russian director Pavel Lungin first read Esau, the 1994 novel by celebrated Israeli author Meir Shalev, its unexpected familiarity struck him. As Pavel explains, it is a “novel speaking ...

I was always taught this week’s portion from Jacob’s perspective, usually stressing the three steps he took to prepare for his first meeting in decades with his brother Esau; prayer, gifts, and battle ...

Years ago, a college classmate provocatively announced that he planned to name his first son “after the most maligned figure in the entire Torah: Esau.” Let’s consider Esau’s defense. After we are ...

But whose mouth? And what kind of love leaves one son hungry for a blessing, and the other aching to serve? It was near sundown. The sky hung low and red over the dry hills, and dust clung to the hem ...