Here is a story that I heard from my colleague Rabbi Ed Feinstein, the senior rabbi of Congregation Valley Beth Shalom in Los Angeles. Once there was a king who collected jewels. One night, the king ...

The Lord of the Rings is an epic saga that revolves entirely around the One Ring, yet we learn very little about its full powers and capabilities. The movies tell us that the ring was created by ...

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings books (and the films that followed), only one ring was the main focus of the entire trilogy. The Dark Lord Sauron forged a master ring—the “One to Rule Them ...

Magic isn’t an easy thing to depict in fantasy television shows. There are plenty of reasons why the creators of Game of Thrones seemed so eager to shy away from that universe’s most fantastical ...

The Lord of the Rings' special One Ring Magic: The Gathering card sold for a record-breaking $2 million in 2023, but that record has already been broken with a 1993 Black Lotus selling for $3 million.