Tom Cruise can look forward to the Honorary Oscar. The Hollywood star hasn't won a regular Academy Award yet. He's in good company with this combination.

This counts as a consolation because it points us to that deeper wellspring of life and wisdom that, throughout the ages, promises to orient our consciences, to enflame our religious imaginations, and ...

Michael Oberlander sits down with Lynn Schmidt and discusses the year since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, grief and the promise of consolation, and the hope for peace.