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There are signs of growing antisemitism, and Jews are at the heart of all this
27 Mar 2024 02:15 GMT
… When Western democracies turned Jews away from their countries and … in recent years of Jew vs Jew confrontations is an … Spanish Inquisition and the anti-Talmud condemnations.
Whether it is … , uneasiness with high-profile Jewish identity, or overt rejection …
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Influenced by comic books, Salvador Dali and Mark Rothko, a Russian-born Jewish artist embraces his contradictions
26 Mar 2024 19:02 GMT
… the study of Torah, Talmud, Jewish ethics and philosophy at … “I have never personified Jews at Auschwitz with cartoon … secular Jew.”
‘There was no Superman who rescued Jews from … Jewish,” Kharchenko said, adding that, “there was no Superman who rescued Jews …
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Could a Jewish voice from a previous century be a prophet for our times?
26 Mar 2024 19:03 GMT
… be slight hyperbole since the Talmud and Mishnah offered precepts about … 1918 essay criticizing Jewish militarism, he asked if Jews “want to be … friendship between Arabs and Jews.
In 1931’s Jewish Humanism, the historian …
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Purim: The Jewish Festival of Genocide, Drunkenness, and Cross-Dressing
25 Mar 2024 14:42 GMT
… who “hated” Jews or as potential Jew-haters. (I … what a contemporary rabbi, Joshua Kulp (a Talmudic scholar based … today’s Judaism.)
RELATED: Sabbatean-Frankism: The Obscure Jewish Sect … Bisexual and Transgender Jews. “Purim is gay Jewish Halloween,” he said …
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Column: Jews Should Not Take Joy in Terrorists Being Killed
25 Mar 2024 03:37 GMT
… on a bus near the Jewish community of Kfar Darom in … days.” In the words of Rabbi Basil Herring, “It is as … also a spiritual approach.
The Talmud relates the Children of Israel … the sea.
In addition, the Talmud relates that the heavenly angels …
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Why Rabbi Shai Held says love is the cornerstone of Jewish belief and practice
24 Mar 2024 12:49 GMT
… and neighbors, and how Jews practice their responsibility to the … of American Jewish children have been taught that Judaism is about … him $100 grudgingly?” and the rabbi answers, “Ask the beggar.” …
It’s funny because the Talmud actually says that the reward …
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The People’s Talmud: SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION: Can Women Read the Megillah for Men?
24 Mar 2024 12:12 GMT
Megillah 4a:
While the Talmud makes it clear that Jewish women have to …
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The People’s Talmud: SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION: Must you Hear the Megillah in Hebrew?
24 Mar 2024 02:02 GMT
… ! The Mishna states that a Jew should hear the reading of … hear the text. Therefore the Talmud, on 18a, suggests that if … could be just fine. The Talmud points out that this law … has been said. Still, the Talmud wonders how this could even …
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A Brief History of Purim, the Halloween of Jewish Holidays
23 Mar 2024 18:29 GMT
… the 14th of the Jewish month of Adar, Jews celebrated a holiday … the Purim festivities, celebrating the Jews' rescue from genocide thousands … ìéá÷
But is it Jewish?
The Talmud itself refers to some who … appears in the writings of Rabbi Akha in the late 6th …
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Like Esther, I Stand for Jewish Peoplehood
23 Mar 2024 15:41 GMT
… stood up for the Jewish people. American Jews today should do the … vilified.
I am a pulpit rabbi in Pittsburgh, and one recent … who had any connection to Judaism made sure to announce that … Jewish tradition values dissent. As you know, the pages of the Talmud …