Is any biblical prophet more immersed in, and tormented by, his mission than Jeremiah? On Tisha b’Av, this week, Jews will read his book of Lamentations; in it, Jeremiah...
The work of history’s greatest artists—from Michelangelo to Rembrandt—is filled with depictions of the Exodus, of Mordechai and Esther, of creation itself. But what...
