Judaism

Hebrew Names for Girls

If you are of the Hebrew faith, you may want to give your newborn child a name in accordance to the religion. Today, depending on what part of the world …

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Do Prayers Work

I truly believe in prayer. I have experienced it working in my life. I don’t think the power to answer prayer lies in God. I believe it is people using …

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The Covenant in Judaism

A conundrum that plagues most modern scholars and Liberal Arts students is whether or not to believe in religion through the teaching of the scriptures, or those of the religious …

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Lighting the Menorah

I was first allowed to accompany my mother in lighting the candles when I was five years old. She gave me a red shmata (headscarf) that looked quite a bit …

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Jewish Food an Overview

Like all aspects of Jewish life what is and is not allowed when it comes to food is determined by the Torah and the Talmud. From the beginning, God set …

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What is Halacha

Halakhah (as spelled here: Most people spell it “halacha”) is a Hebrew word meaning “The Way”, and is used to denote the rules by which the Jewish religion is governed. …

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Shekinah Goddess of the Jews

When I think of Judaism, I think of a monotheistic religion, that worships a patriarchal God. But, in the Hebrew Bible in the book of Jeremiah 7: 17-18 God speaks …

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Conservative Judaism Explained

It was not until the Jewish people began to migrate across the pod to American that the various terms for Judaism appeared – Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform. Jews in the …

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Jewish Culture in America Today

“I have a business proposition for you.” Amit’s Israeli accent was thick and I was having trouble understanding him over the phone. I pushed the little piece of plastic further …

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Children of the Holocaust

During the holocaust, both German and Jewish children, some a mere ten or eleven years old, were forced by circumstance to take on the role of caretaker, breadwinner or defender …

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Who was King Solomon

Solomon is probably one of the most well-known kings of biblical times. The exact dates of his rule are disputed but he became king in about 967 BCE and ruled …

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Jewish Culture in Europe Today

(Holocaust Remembrance Day is highly controversial in England. My former writing professor, Julia Pascal, made a film concerning Holocaust survivors in order to raise support.) The women’s eyes glistened as …

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Consequences of the Holocaust

The Holocaust was a deliberately planned genocide of what Hitler termed inferior members of the human race; these included Jews, gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexuals. During 1941-44 six million Jews …

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