In Defense of CainBy Matthew Jacobs

Cain is traditionally portrayed as a vicious killer, but he was nothing of the kind. In the Bible, Cain kills his brother Abel after G-d accepts Abel's offering but not Cain's. To make matters worse, when Cain is confronted by G-d he famously says, “Am I my brother's keeper?” On the surface, there doesn't seem to be much to say in