Isaac blesses Jacob. Engraving by the German painter Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 – May 24, 1872) ... run from Jacob and hide their Jewish identity.

Why is Jacob the father of our people, the hero of our faith? We are “the congregation of Jacob,” “the children of Israel.” Yet it was Abraham who began the Jewish journey, Isaac who was ...

Isaac fully understood the nature of his two sons. He loved Esau but this did not blind him to the fact that Jacob would be the heir of the covenant.

CHRISTIANS & JEWS "The worst deed of the Jewish people, ... Isaac and Jacob, and a rejection of Jesus the Jew, directed upon his people.” And in Florence, ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: In the hands of Baroque painters, the Genesis account of Isaac, Jacob, and Rebekah becomes more than a tale of deception — it becomes a meditation on faith, family, and God ...

Isaac loved Esau because his game – or his entrapment – was in his mouth, but Rebecca loved Jacob. The great Torah commentator, Rashi, asserts that Esau entrapped his father, Isaac, with ...