Posts Tagged: judaism
What It Means to Be A Jew
There are so many attempts to define what it means to be a Jew. Is it genetic? Consensual? Opting-in? Participatory-only? Are you a Jew because...
NFL Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Recalls Religious Upbringing; Highlights Importance of Jewish Values (VIDEO)
Leading a life filled with Jewish values teaches a person to be humble and appreciate what they have, the owner of the NFL’s New England...
The Transformation of the Virgin Mary: How a Jewish Girl From Nazareth Became a Christian Icon
The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, provide skimpy biographies of Jesus, with huge time gaps. We meet Jesus in brief citations as a newborn, a six-year-old in...
Vatican Official Calls for Conversion of Muslims to Christianity; Exempts Jews
A Vatican official issued a call on Monday to convert all non-Christians, other than Jews, the Catholic Herald reported. Cardinal Kurt Koch, the head of...
As a People, We Must Dedicate Ourselves to Lives of Purpose
Smartphones can do amazing things -- few more amazing than Waze, the Israeli-designed satellite navigation system acquired by Google in 2013. But there is one thing...
The Blessing of a Big Family
Pictures don't lie, but they don't tell the whole truth either. They just capture a moment -- a split-second in time. Our family recently captured a split-second...
What Is Good?
The core question of any discussion about ethics is: What is “good”? If we humans think we ought to have some standards of behavior and...
Why Christians Should Celebrate Passover
The Passover holiday commemorates the exodus of Jews from slavery in Egypt. It is a celebration of freedom. On this basis alone, Christians should join...
Bulgarian Immigrant to Israel With Hemophilia Risks Life for Circumcision to Complete Conversion to Judaism
An 18-year-old with a rare type of hemophilia risked undergoing a circumcision in order to fulfill his dream of completing his conversion to Judaism, the Israeli...
Why Religion Needs Risk
There is no word I know of in the Bible for “risk.” Modern Hebrew uses the word “sakanah,” which really means “danger.” “Risk” in modern...
The Lines That Divide Us as Jews — and Human Beings
Fifty years ago, I had the privilege of studying in a great yeshiva in Israel. In those days, there were none of the more modern...
Avoid the Zealots Who Have Dibs on ‘Orthodoxy’
There has been a lot of debate recently about what defines Modern Orthodoxy. The latest “term” is “Open Orthodoxy” as opposed to “Modern,” “Rational," “Halachic,"...
French Police Probe Marseilles Stabbing Attack as Antisemitic Hate Crime
A Jewish schoolteacher in France was stabbed by a teenager in what police are investigating as a hate crime, Israeli media reported on Monday. According to Channel 2,...
New Findings About Jews and Judaism Revealed in the New Testament (INTERVIEW)
It is well known that Christianity sprang from a Jewish context. While there may be controversy about Jesus' Judaism vs. the traditional Judaism of the...
