Moneychangers in the temple: Islam as a parody of Judaism
DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Hajj guiding: an ancient family business
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Is Thanksgiving a Jewish Holiday?
The Fly Fishing Rabbi (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
One day in late November a few years ago I ran into a congregant in the hallway of my Temple. She wished me a Happy Thanksgiving. Then she said: “Oh wait a minute. I didn’t mean to offend you. Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?” I said: “Of course! Jews celebrate Thanksgiving.” She laughed, a little embarrassed, and then I wished her a Happy Thanksgiving too. Picture: A stream...
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Good to Know, “A Stranger Among Us” is Essential
Seraphic Secret (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Eric Thal and Melanie Griffith in the “essential” A Stranger Among Us . Over at Bang it Out, a Jewish website, film critic Jordan Hiller has, for the past few weeks, been compiling a list of The 25 Essential Jewish Movies. His selections are limited to films that are easily available for rental or purchase. Thus, he focuses exclusively on modern and contemporary movies. Naturally, the...
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Women as Sex Objects
Emes Ve-Emunah (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The attitudes about sexual modesty in Orthodoxy are clearly designed to prohibit men from focusing on a woman’s sexuality. But is that the result? Or does it have an opposite effect? Do modesty laws cause one to actually focus more on sexuality? And why are women not treated in the same way as men? Why women are treated the same way? Why do Chazal not legislate similar restrictions in dress for...
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Covenant precedes creation
Faith and Theology (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Much of my own research and writing over the past year has focused on the Barthian theme of the priority of salvation over creation. God's act in Christ "precedes" the creation of the world, and is its foundation. Just this morning, I came across this nice passage: The history of salvation is not a small event, on a poor planet, in the immensity of the universe. It is not a minimal thing...
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The Word is Law
DaithaiC (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The motivational Dr. Laura As that strangest of creatures, an Irish Atheist, I’ve often wondered how the Nazarenes take the history of the Jewish people (aka The Bible and the Apocrypha) and call it their “Old Testament” and then claim it is the literal word of god when they cannot even agree amongst themselves what should be in it. However for fundamentalist Christians it has a...
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Outreach Books
Hirhurim - Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
I recently made a list of good outreach books for a friend. Let me present it here with a little elaboration: Books that try to convince and respond to challenges: Nineteen Letters by R. Samson Raphael Hirsch Anvil of Sinai by R. Zechariah Fendel On Judaism by R. Emanuel Feldman A book that tries to inspire about the mission of a Jew: A Letter in the Scroll by R. Jonathan Sacks Click here to read more...
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BMV Bava Kamma 018
Bet Midrash Virtuali (Free subscription) | yesterday
Study of Mishnah in the religious ambience of Masorti Judaism by Rabbi Simchah Roth Tractate Bava Kamma, Chapter Three, Mishnah Three. The next shiur in this series, Bava Kamma 018, is now available.
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Religious identity and economic behaviour
Anti-Dismal (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new study on Religious Identity and Economic Behavior by Daniel J. Benjamin, James J. Choi and Geoffrey Fisher finds that Protestants were more likely than Jews or Catholics to contribute money to a public pool. The Protestants also worked hardest for wages in a labour market game. The paper's abstract reads, We identify the marginal effect of religious identity on economic choices by measuring how...
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Nachamu
DovBear (Free subscription) | yesterday
Search for more information about non NYC Judaism at 4torah.com .
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ENOCH SEMINAR NEWS: There are three new...
PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
ENOCH SEMINAR NEWS: There are three new initiatives of the Enoch Seminar in the works. 1. 4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Research . The Encyclopedia aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to scholarly research in Second Temple Judaism (or from the Babylonian Exile to the Bar-Kokhba Revolt). It includes biographies of Scholars and Authors as well as abstracts of scholarly...
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Mumbai Doctor Smashed Idols and Became a Jew with Holtzbergs
Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
by Hana Levi Julian, IsraelNN.com In a powerful echo of the Biblical story of the patriarch Abraham, a Mumbai doctor smashed his father's idols and eventually decided to become a Jew in the Land of Israel. Dr. Aharon Abraham, left his position as Director of the ICU Medical Center at British Kennedy in Mumbai, India after terrorists murdered his spiritual guide and his wife, Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg...
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Dear Sarah Palin, et. al.
culturekitchen (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Dear Sarah Palin, George Bush and other End of Time Believers, I am sorry to inform you that I will be preventing the second coming of you savior. It's nothing personal, but I just don't intend to move to Israel just to suit your religious beliefs. Let me explain below. You see, End of Timers, I'm Jewish. Now, I don't actually keep Kosher (I love pulled pork way too much...and bacon cheese burgers...
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By Ted Belman The Union of Reform...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
By Ted Belman The Union of Reform Judaism- the URJ- recently completed a major gathering, a Biennial, in Toronto. Rabbi Eric H. Joffie gave a speech and resolutions were passed unanimously. Michael Diamond is a member of the largest Reform Temple in Toronto and is a strong Zionist. He constantly writes in support of Israel and visits it often. He is also a lawyer and community leader. He
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Oh, my head ...
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical² (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In Passing passing out, that is “ Oh Boy. The "Deindustrialize Those Cracker Sons Of Bitches Act Of 2009 ." "The US House of Representatives yesterday released the Conflict Minerals Trade Act (HR 4128) to try and end the international trade of tungsten, tantalum and col-tan, the mining of which is accused of fueling violent rape and murder in eastern Congo. (H/T O Club ) In the...