The first ethnic joke in the Bible is in chapter 25 of Genesis. Rebekah gives birth to twins, and the first comes out red and hairy all over, so she and Isaac name him Esau. They name him “Hairy.” ...

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Years ago, a college classmate provocatively announced that he planned to name his first son “after the most maligned figure in the entire Torah: Esau.” Let’s consider Esau’s defense. After we are ...

A few weeks ago, synagogues around the world read the Torah portion that introduces one of the most famous twin brother rivalries in the world – that of Jacob and Esau. So it’s kind of eerie that this ...

The relationship between the brothers Jacob and Esau is shot through with dramatic tension: manipulation and deceit, violence and forced separation, conflict and unexpected rapprochement. So it seems ...

One Emma Ochuko Arodovwe stirred the internet with a poser, by asking readers who would they prefer, a Frank Kokori or Babagana Kingibe? Such a question would not make sense, if Kokori basked in ...