Dracunculiasis (commonly known as guinea-worm disease), is a parasitic infection caused by drinking stagnant water contaminated with parasite-infected water fleas of the cyclops genus, according to ...

“Hashem sent the fiery serpents against the people and they bit the people. A large multitude of Israel died” (Bamidbar 21:6). Second, the pasuk tells us (21:7) that the people asked Moshe to pray to ...

The Rev. Eugene Curry, senior pastor, Park Hill Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo.: Translating animal names in ancient documents is notoriously tricky because the specific identity of the things ...

I write concerning the recent letter by H.J. Scott concerning Asklepios' staff (the karykeion) and Hermes' winged 2-serpent wand (the caduceus).1 Perhaps I can spoil the broth or symbol further.

Translating animal names in ancient documents is notoriously tricky because the specific identity of the things mentioned can’t always be deduced from context alone. The “cockatrice” of the Old ...

In a recent article in the Jewish Review of Books titled “Why There Is No Jewish Narnia,” Michael Weingrad argued that dark, Gothic fantasy writing does not sit well with the Jewish weltanschauung, ...

We open our vort for with an excerpt from Rabbi Shmuel Goldin Parsha summary in his sefer, “Unlocking the Torah Text,” Sefer Bamidbar Parsha summary on our Parshat Chukat (page 180) : The people rose ...

Italian researchers examining a medieval painting may have found the earliest visual depiction of dracunculiasis, a horrifying parasitic infection in which a worm up to 3 feet long creeps out of the ...

Italian researchers examining a medieval painting may have found the earliest visual depiction of dracunculiasis, a horrifying parasitic infection in which a worm up to 3 feet long creeps out of the ...