BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (JTA) — Like hundreds of Jewish institutions in the Diaspora, the King David School celebrated Israel’s 70th Independence Day with blue-and-white flags and group ...

some might say that if there is a King David, he is “just a name” about whom we don’t know anything, while others would view David through the “eyes of Jewish history” and law.

The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, a king who will reign wisely. Many Jews believe that when the Messiah comes, he will: Rebuild the Temple ...

Reform Jews pray for redemption rather than for a ‘redeemer’. The Messiah will be a human being descended from King David, although he will have superhuman qualities and abilities. There will ...