Will the Real Palestinians Please Stand Up! The plight of the Palestinians fills the news daily, even hourly. But who are the Palestinians and where do they come from? To …
We just received the notice this week. My brother’s son, the doctor, has announced his daughter’s bat mitzvah for a date in October. His family has barely recovered from the …
Seemingly, to answer this question one must draw the division of modern’ and archaic’ Judaism, saying why such a distinction was contrived. This cannot be done in any meaningful way. …
“May it be Thy will, O Lord, Our God, to grant us a year that is good and sweet.” TISHREI is the Jewish month for the High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah …
Traditionally in interpretations or readings of Genesis the snake is regarded as a low deceitful and dangerous creature that brought about the “downfall” of Adam and Eve. This perhaps is …
Few people realize that Christians and Jews share a holiday. Fifty days after the Jewish Passover is the holiday of “Shavu’ot”, which translates into English from Hebrew as “Weeks”. Christians …
Isaiah: A biography Isaiah was born in the 8th century BCE. His name in Hebrew, Yesh Yahu means Salvation is the Lord. He includes very few autobiographical details in his …
Jews Do Have A God For anyone to say Judaism is without God is for that person Not to understand God or Judaism, his own religion. Judaism founded and started …
Judaism is one of the most widely practiced religions worldwide. With roots that extend far beyond Catholic and Christian decrees, historically, Judaism has been known to be based primarily on …
The kosher dietary laws of Judaism aren’t that much different from the dietary laws that of the Islamic faith. One source says that kosher isn’t a style of cooking. Any …
“When are you getting married?” This single-phase is the bane of my existence. How about “when I find the one”? But where? While matchmakers have been made infamous by “Fiddler …
ATONEMENT Beginning at sunset on Tishri 9 and lasting until three stars appear after Tishri 10, Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. This day is known …
The churchyard hangs as a backdrop to civilization and a way of life that few relate to. Yet Sunday after Sunday the pews filled and the people came with eager …
Passover is the ritual retelling of the exodus, the flight of the Jewish slaves from Egypt roughly 5,000 years ago. It is a story rich in symbolism and long on …
In the calendar year of 2014, faithful Jewish people all over the world will celebrate the yearly feast of freedom and deliverance known as Passover. From April 14 to April …
KABBALAH: LESSONS IN INTEGRAL MYTHOLOGY Part One You should want all that is yours, seeking and obtaining it, overcoming every obstacle. You should not want more than is yours, because …
A Jewish girl celebrates her Bat Mitzah at the age of twelve, and it is usual to offer a Bat Mitzah gift to celebrate her coming of age. Interestingly it …
Kabbalah can be difficult to explain due to its complexities and the tradition from which it originated. The history of Kabbalah is steeped in Jewish lore and has evolved in …
The phrase, “Abraham’s seed” tends to bring to mind the vast number of people born to both Abraham and his descendants. However, in reading the following verse, we see that …
Rosh Hashanah is the first of the High Holy Days. Literally meaning the “Head of the Year”, Rosh Hashanah is a time adults embark on a personal path of repentance. …
“And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, none like him for all the signs and the wonders that …
Faith in Judaism dates back more than 2,000 years when Jews were in the throes of bondage in Egypt, extending throughout the period after the exodus and their biblical and …