Posts Tagged: judaism
Council of Europe’s Anti-Circumcision Ruling Fosters ‘Racist Trends,’ Israel Says
JNS.org - Israel on Friday strongly condemned a decision by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that Jewish ritual circumcision is a...
Use Rosh Hashanah to Reflect on the Real ‘You’
As legend has it, there was once a man who suffered from short-term memory loss. Every night, before going to sleep, he would compose a...
Raised Jewish, Comedian Chelsea Handler Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past (VIDEO)
Comedian Chelsea Handler's blonde hair and blue eyes betray the fact that she descends from a long line of German lineage. In fact, Handler's mother was...
New Take on Prophet Jeremiah Shows How Bible Ought to Be Read
JNS.org - This is the way the Bible ought to be read. In graduate schools and in theological seminaries, the Bible is usually read by...
‘Your Money or Your Life?’
Judaism's most famous Prayer comes from this week's Parsha (Bible portion). Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad. Hear O Israel, Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is...
The Life Free of Suspicion
It is a fascinating story and from it comes one of the great principles of Judaism. Two of the tribes, Reuben and Gad, see that...
Making Friends With My Grey Hair
My big sister's hair went grey in her 30s My little brother Eddie also went grey early I was lucky that didn't happen to me My hair was...
Between Destiny and Chance
The third book of the Torah is known in English as "Leviticus", a word deriving from Greek and Latin, meaning, "pertaining to the ...
Ambassadors All: Jews in the 21st Century
In his poignant and insightful writings, outgoing UK and Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks often avers that Judaism serves as "the voice of hope in...
Three Types of Community
A long drama had taken place. Moses had led the people from slavery to the beginning of the road to freedom. The people themselves...
Two Types of Religious Encounter
Framing the epic events of this week's sedra (Bible portion) are two objects - the two sets of tablets, the first given before, the...
The Building of the Tabernacle and the Jewish Ethnogenesis
As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we begin the massive shift from the intense drama of the exodus with its...
Year in Israel: Seminary Girls Want to Have More Than Fun
Every year, hundreds of eager eighteen-year-old girls from all over the world step off the plane at Ben Gurion airport to spend a year studying...
Religion’s Most Repellent Idea
The most dangerous and offensive of all religious ideas is that innocent people suffer because of their sins. This notion, so easily abused, makes...
