Recently, at the New York Jewish Film Festival, I saw a movie called “Be Fruitful and Multiply.” It’s a portrait of four ultra-Orthodox women in Israel and Brooklyn, all talking about the joys and ...

I asked the former Anglican Archbishop of Burundi whether God’s statement to the first human beings, to “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth,” still applies. Burundi is one of the world’s ...

The story of Noah includes one of the best known commandments in the Bible. God says to Noah “Be fruitful and multiply.” Gen 9:1. This is a repeat of the commandment given to Adam in Gen 1:28. While ...

“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.” God issues that order in the first chapter of Genesis. On the fifth day, having created the heavens and the earth, trees and plants, the ...

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg has spent much of her career writing about Judaism. Her first book, Yentl’s Revenge (2001), is a collection that features young women writing about how they have reconciled ...

Leah Berkenwald discussed how the reality show “Sister Wives” has joined HBO’s fictional “Big Love” in shining the spotlight on polygamous lifestyles, and in raising interesting questions about our ...

Adhering to the Biblical admonition in the first chapter of the book of “Genesis” to “be fruitful and multiply” takes some doing. Even if infant mortality is low, women must give birth on average to 2 ...