Congregation Beth Shalom is holding a 10-week lecture series focusing on modern Judaism and its practices. The lectures will be held at the temple Hazzan Lance H. Tapper and are held on Fridays as part of the regular evening service. The series started Nov. 14 and continues through December. After the services, those in attendance are welcomed to join an Oneg Shabbat, a refreshment and conversatio
Rabbis are a great resource during this economic crisis, providing both support and networking opportunities.
In any period of difficulty, it is essential that communities pull together to share their expertise to support those in need. During this period of economic uncertainty, it is certain that there will be no sector, faith, nor community that will be unaffected by redundancy and financial
Nadia Matar, leader of the radical Jewish settler movement, Women in Green, expressed her anger at Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who changed his nation’s policy by switching to support a UN resolution calling on Israel to cease building more settlements in the West Bank. However, according to Ms. Matar, “who are you to tell [...]
Prophesies about the coming of an Avatar or a Prophet made by three different religions, Hinduism, Judaism and Christianity bear amazing similarities. All of them foretell of a terrible divine retribution against mankind through wars, famine, fratricide, and Natural disasters in the 21st century. They speak of the coming of the last avatar or the prophet to save only the truly faithful from this n
This blog has revealed that I have been in some trouble with the Jewish community.
What is amazing is their compulsion to see me involved with ‘money’ people.
To afford some respectability to the bankers.
Jung said the stock markets are an example of the collective unconscious.
That our libido and any other subconscious drives can be driven towards [...]
An expert on American Jewish and immigrant history will make a presentation Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Western Michigan University as part of the Department of History's lecture series on "Religion and the Uses of the Past." Dr. Hasia R. Diner is the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University. She will speak on "Filling the Void: American Judaism's Engagem
Over the last decade, union activists have made impressive strides in reviving old alliances, which had waned in the 1960s, between the labor movement and left-leaning clergy. Joint labor-religious groups have become muscular forces advocating union-friendly issues at the municipal, state and federal levels (see City Journal's "The Religious Left, Reborn").
Do you have any Jewish blood or someone who wants to accept Judaism and its associated values to your life? I have an enthusiasm for internet surfing and I stumbled upon this site which provides information about Rabbi Yitzhak who is an ordained Reform Rabbi. He is presently working on a project "The Synagogue of the Greater Whole", that works as a extended programs at existing Jewish synagogues.
Islam is the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. As a monotheistic faith that originated in the Middle East, Islam holds many beliefs and practices in common with Judaism and...
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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: HARRY POTTER, MAGIC, ASTROLOGY, MYSTICISM, AND TALMUDIC JUDAISM Shalom: First of all I need to admit that I am no die hard fan of Harry Potter books nor have seen a movie of Harry Potter. Perhaps it is because there are mitzvoth for us to not to consult yid'onim (wizards) (Lev. 19:31), or not to practice nachesh (doing things based
This is part of a comment left on a mondoweiss article:
Judaism evolved sophisticated and complex control mechanisms to keep Jews in the fold.
This involved racial and social indoctrination, but it also needed a good P.R. cover to keep the more idealistic young from rejecting the Jews as just another tribe of parochial bigots, and [...]
Liberal Judaism backs Christian Aid climate change campaign -Christian Today Posted: Friday, June 20, 2008, 10:48 (BST)Representatives of the Jewish movement Liberal Judaism this week joined forces with international development agency Christian Aid to press for a Climate Change Bill that will help protect poor and vulnerable communities around the world.A delegation petitioned MP Hilary Benn, Sec
Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading, & Interpretation Of The Hebrew Bible In Ancient Judaism & Early Christianity (Paperback)By M. J. Mulder
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כ'ז באייר תשס"חMab 28Oops? I posted the first shamanic Judaism video twice (a double portion) the first time (correct now). The second video (part 3) is now available for viewing here or here or here. Take another look ... and hear more of the story.
כ'ו באייר תשס"חMab 27Hat tip to Asherah's Place for posting links to two available YouTube (of three) videos featuring topics related to earth-based Shamanic Judaism. The teacher in the videos is Rabbi Gershon Winkler of the Walking Stick Foundation.Part 2Part 3I want to make a drum like the one in the videos.
Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide (Oxford Guides)# Author: Nicolas de Lange , Miri Freud-Kandel# Format:PDF 1.3MB# Page Count: 472 pages# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 17, 2005)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 019926287X# ISBN-13: 978-0199262878A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to contemporary Jewish life and thought, focusing on social, cultural and historical
Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism # Author:Howard Schwartz# Format:PDF 3.6MB# Page Count:708# Publisher: Oxford University Press (2004)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0195086791# ISBN-13: 9780195086799Only one of the world's mythologies has remained essentially unrecognized--the mythology of Judaism. As Howard Schwartz reveals in Tree of Souls, the first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, this mythical tradition is as rich and as fascinating as any in the world.Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz has gathered together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths. The myths themselves are marvelous. We read of Adam's diamond and the Land of Eretz
Obama Converts to Judaism
Buffeted by criticism of his controversial Christian pastor while continuing to quell rumors that he is a Muslim, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) took a bold step today to settle questions about his religious faith once and for all.
“I am converting to Judaism, effective immediately,” Mr. Obama told reporters at a press conference [...]
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: MARc BENAYER: CHILUL HA SHEM FOR ALL OF JUDAISM It has been jested with the quip by the late and much-lamented Sir Isaiah Berlin ,OBM, that we Jews ''are like any other people, only more so.'' So a Jew murdering another Jew on the Holy Days at a Chabad Shul, no less over a woman (was the mechitzah not thick enough?) comes as a sad news, but as no surprise. In my 56 years I have 'seen' a Rabbi in my South NJ Temple hire a congregant to murder his wife, as a child 'seen' a married Rabbi have an affair with the married president of the sisterhood, actually seen a Rabbi and Cantor duke it out on the bimah, and have seen the worst character assassinations occur in Temples, Synagogues, Shuls and J
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: MARK BENAYER: CHILUL HA SHEM FOR ALL OF JUDAISM It has been jested with the quip by the late and much-lamented Sir Isaiah Berlin ,OBM, that we Jews ''are like any other people, only more so.'' So a Jew murdering another Jew on the Holy Days at a Chabad Shul, no less over a woman (was the mechitzah not thick enough?) comes as a sad news, but as no surprise. In my 56 years I have 'seen' a Rabbi in my South NJ Temple hire a congregant to murder his wife, as a child 'seen' a married Rabbi have an affair with the married president of the sisterhood, actually seen a Rabbi and Cantor duke it out on the bimah, and have seen the worst character assassinations occur in Temples, Synagogues, Shuls and JC
The entire Temple Mount, not just the Western Wall, is, in fact, the holiest site in Judaism. From a Jewish religious perspective, the Temple Mount is the Center of Jerusalem and the religion of Judaism itself, and not just a historic place in East Jerusalem. The Israeli government's website ignores this and calls the Western Wall alone the holiest Jewish site on earth. The Mount behind the Wall is even holier than the Wall to Judaism. The concept of a "holy of holies", comes from the Jewish description of the site that is currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock. Jews are connected to God through that site, and that is why we pray towards it, no matter what part of the world we are in.What would an Israeli governmental official say as a mitigating factor to the lie that it is telli
Due to a lot of confusion out there in regards to the role of a Jew in exile, there is a need to be specific about what should otherwise be considered obvious. An American Jew is and should be loyal to America first before the State of Israel; the same goes from each Jew of whichever particular nation he lives in. As the Talmud phrases it: "The Law of the Land (you dwell in) is the Law." If a Jew finds this concept confusing he should move to Israel. Because God dispersed his people throughout the world to spread His Glory, not to desecrate it by disloyalty to their homeland or any other sinful pursuits. A truly religious American Jew should place America before Israel if he wants to remain truly religious.A Jew's connection to the people of Israel and the Holy Land, however, is connected
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When Abraham's two sons went on their separate ways, he wouldn't have known, that his sons and descendants would, one day, brought to this world, three of the greatest religions and also brought the greatest human conflicts and tragedies. Jews,Christians and Muslims have been at loggerheads for over a millennium. Tragic consequences of religious intolerance resulting in religiously
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The Hebrew and Yiddish languages use a different alphabet than English. The picture below illustrates the Hebrew alphabet, in Hebrew alphabetical order. Note that Hebrew is written from right to left, rather than left to right as in English, so Alef is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and Tav is the last. The Hebrew alphabet is often called the "alefbet," because of its first two letters.
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The complexity of the interrelations between a people (or nation), a culture, and a religion, have many nuances and ramifications which both unite and divide Jews throughout the world. At the heart of...
Much has been written on gun rights from a Christian perspective. I don't have anything to add to the discussion. I did, however, come across an interesting look at the issue from a Jewish perspective.
I found this strange question on the Jews for Judaism website: Question: Is it true that in conformity with Isaiah 53:9, "he had done no violence," Jesus did nothing of a violent nature during his lifetime?Answer: No, this is not true.Violence, while not always an act of evil, may be defined as causing injury or damage by rough or abusive treatment. If the New Testament account is true, Jesus did commit certain acts of violence. Whip in hand he attacked the merchants in the Temple area, causing a fracas (Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15-16, Luke 19:45, John 2:15). He caused the death, by drowning, of a herd of swine by allowing demons to purposely enter their bodies (Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:13, Luke 8:33) and destroyed a fig tree for not having fruit out of season (Matthew 21:18- 21, Mark 11:13-14). Well if one is taking it as given that Isaiah 53 ('The Suffering Servant') foreshadows the Passion of Christ then the passage is saying that violent actions did not put Jesus on the cross. If one l
Anti-missionaries have existed in every age. Here comes 'Jews For Judaism' the arch-enemy of 'Jews 4 Jesus'. While I don't like it when Christians attempt to convert Jews from Judaism to Christianity there are two things I dislike about Jews 'For Judaism':1.) They attack the beliefs of other people. "They [i.e. Christian missionaries] deliberately misquote, mistranslate and misinterpret Jewish scriptures and rabbinical texts in an attempt to "prove" that Jesus was both the Jewish Messiah and G-d"2.) They use large numbers without citing the source:"Christian denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention -- which passed a resolution in 1996 targeting Jews for conversion -- and the Assemblies of G-d, as well as countless other Christian groups worldwide, contribute more than $250 million annually to aggressively evangelize Jews" I've also seen a site that says: "Evangelical Christianity has spent over one billion dollars in the last decade to convert Jews to Christianity
A 15 page booklet on Judaism has been made for the British police, explaining the Jewish religion, laws, and customs. British police provided with Guide to Judaism
The CST said that the publication, entitled ‘A Police Officer’s Guide to Judaism’, has been written in response to requests from many...
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