Given depressing nature of most "Oprah Book Club" selections, it's a wonder Prozac isn't the talkshow's biggest sponsor. Still, it's hard to quibble with her taste. "The Book of Ruth" comes to CBS, ...

The Book of Ruth contains no commandments - but is a quintessential lesson for the generations in how and why an act of kindness is to be carried out.

We also read the Book of Ruth and commemorate the Yahrzeit (anniversary of death) – of her great-grandson, King David. Moses, ...

The narrative of the Book of Ruth is poignant: One can almost feel the tragic atmosphere in the circle of three bereaved women and hear the soft voice of young widow Ruth as she declares her loyalty ...

Another reason is for us to be inspired by the suffering and hardships that Ruth was willing to endure in order to join the Jewish people and observe the Torah. As Shavuot is the holiday that ...

The book of Ruth begins with the line, “In the days when the judges judged’ (וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵי֙ שְׁפֹ֣ט הַשֹּׁפְטִ֔ים, Ruth 1:1). The Book of Ruth, traditionally read as part of the service on Shavuot, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Wilson and Matt Bomer are attached to lead The Book of Ruth, a feature based on the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a devout Christian divorcée and single mother from Arkansas who ...

Chen Drachman and Tovah Feldshuh in “The Book of Ruth.” Photo by Arin Sang-urai What would have become of Anne Frank had she survived the Holocaust? That intriguing hypothetical is the premise of “The ...