The existence of the Samaritans reminds us that possessing a text is not enough. The greater wonder is the survival of a ...

Wearing white overalls and red fez hats, dozens of Samaritan men slaughtered sheep for Passover on April 11 as prayers in ancient Hebrew echoed across Mount Gerizim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Steven Fine is professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University and director of the university’s Israelite Samaritans Project. When my oldest son was in fourth grade, he was studying in a Talmud ...

Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice’s Jewish Hospice Program has been a flurry of activity in December. Recently, the program received a generous gift of personal care items from the National Council of ...

MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank (AP) — In one of the tensest corners of the West Bank, Israeli settlers and Palestinians live in separate worlds. But there is a spot on the top of a mountain that connects ...

Find today’s readings here. Today’s Gospel reading is the parable of the Good Samaritan. Because the story and its message are so familiar, the word “Samaritan” has lost its sting for today’s audience ...