“Esau,” a drama based on the novel by the same name by Israeli author Meir Shalev, stars Shira Haas, Harvey Keitel and Lior Ashkenazi. The story is a modern spin of the story of Jacob and Esa ...

What would happen then? Jews have long cast Esau — a protagonist in this week’s Torah portion, Toledot — as a villain. My son once brought home puppets of Jacob and Esau — Jacob was ...

The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

The profound difference between the twins, Jacob and Esau, is not rooted in genetics or upbringing. Rather, they represent two polar opposites that cannot exist together, even during the nine ...