admin | March 16, 2022
By Bart D. Ehrman, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Christian Prayer Christian prayer, as was the case in all the other religions, involved praising God, thanking him for what he had done and would do, asking him for help in whatever situation one was facing. Yet, unlike pagans, one very important Christian prayer involved confessing ones sins
admin | March 16, 2022
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admin | March 16, 2022
Why does Judaism include sacrifices? To be sure, they have not been part of the life of Judaism since the destruction of the Second Temple, almost two thousand years ago
admin | March 16, 2022
Between the 1980s and early 1990s, roughly 45,000 Ethiopian Jews fled to Israel following a military coup turned Marxist revolution in 1974. After years of worsening poverty and human rights violations at the hands of Emperor Haile Sellassie, the situation evolved into a years long civil war between the Derg the military junta and various groups of both communist and anti-communist ideology. At the time of Israels formation in 1948, Ethiopian Jews were not among those encouraged to return to what is considered the historic homeland of their faith.
admin | March 16, 2022
Dear Dawn: Im trying to understand my Jewish girlfriends desire to not have American holidays, which she says are Christian. I said that Im willing to do the Jewish holidays in our home along with the regular American holidays of Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, etc
admin | March 16, 2022
Its often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Why is that true? My ninth-grade students and I are currently learning Tractate Tamid
admin | March 16, 2022
n itsAudit of Antisemitic Incidents,the ADL recorded over 2100 acts of assault, vandalism and harassment against Jews last year, a 12% increase from the previous year and the highest total since tracking began in 1979. An AJC survey found that 90% of Jewish Americans believe antisemitism is either somewhat or a very serious problem.So, antisemitism is rising and overwhelmingly we claim to be concerned about it. But what are we willing to do about it
admin | March 16, 2022
The Chidon Ha-Tanach (International Bible Contest) is an international competition on the Tanach (Torah, Prophets, and Hagiographic Writings) for middle school and high school Jewish students sponsored by the Israeli government and held annually in Jerusalem on Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence Day). This slideshow requires JavaScript.
admin | March 16, 2022
A scope of a stable and mature relationship between Islam and Judaism, is an idea being explored by the progressive Muslims and Jews across the globe.
admin | March 14, 2022
On Sunday, March 13, at 3 p.m., the Scarsdale Forums Sunday Speaker Series will present The ADL on the Front Lines, a panel discussion on activities of the Anti-Defamation League co-sponsored by the ADL, hosted by the Forums Program Committee chair Alexandra Tagami Vargo, and featuring Scott Richman, regional director of the ADLs New York/New Jersey office, with longtime Scarsdale resident John.
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