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People and planet. That’s what Adamah is all about. This beautiful Hebrew word – Adamah – holding both adam and adamah.

Language frames perception, colors memory and shapes reality.The post Killer words: ‘Death and life are in the power of the tongue’ appeared first on JNS.org.

The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to convey a ...

Synonyms to quirk include trait, characteristic, mannerism, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, and habit.

Arabic culture strongly believes that each name has a bearing on the character of its holder, which helps explains why almost every Arab name has a deep and often positive meaning.  If you’re looking ...

It is a cry born of misery, but which becomes prayer. In faith, to ask for help is already to open oneself to salvation. To ...

A verb is a word used to describe an action. That’s doing something. Or, a verb can be used to describe a state. That’s feeling something. Or, a verb can be used to describe an occurrence. That’s ...

How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more here.

The Manchester synagogue terrorist was accused of raping a second woman just last month, it emerged today. Islamic State supporter Jihad Al-Shamie was known to have been on bail for raping a woman ...

In Taiwan they call @ "little mouse". It's "dog" in Russian, "strudel" in Hebrew and "monkey's tail" in Dutch. The @ sign is a mirror, and its story goes back thousands of years. In 2010, Paola ...