Jonah, Mosul, and ISIS: Lessons for Us All

Rabbi Benjamin Blech’s article in the July 31 edition of the Wall Street Journal, “Destruction of the “Tomb of Jonah” in Mosul (Ancient Nineveh),” is worth your time to read. Blech is a Talmud Professor at Yeshiva University in New York. He laments the recent...

July 4, Baptists, and Religious Liberty

When you look up the term “religious liberty” in anybody’s dictionary, there you will find the collective picture of Baptists. The insistence on religious liberty by Baptists has resulted in misunderstanding, criticism and even persecution. In the past, governments...

Button Gwinnett and the Lamb’s Book of Life

If your Georgia family history goes back to pre-1776, you might want to ransack the attic of grandma’s house next time you’re visiting. What are you looking for? Any piece of paper that has the autograph of Button Gwinnett on it. Who was Gwinnett? He was a Georgia...