[This was first posted June 21, 2013. Every time we write the Tetragrammaton Name of the God of Israel, we are constantly aware that we might be offending the chosen people who, out of utmost reverence, avoid the Name altogether and instead substitute ‘circumlocutions’ such as LORD or HASHEM. whether in speech or in writing. […]
Read more[For this season of restrospection and renewal, there are many articles to read in the Jewish websites. Of all the readings S6K checked out, we picked 3 that were a bit different from the usual; all from one source: the JTS/Jewish Theological Seminary (http://www.jtsa.edu). Please check out their website for so many more readings. Reformatting […]
Read moreMore on Passover – [contributed by VAN@S6K] Some questions and answers – Exodus (Shemoth) Chapters 12 & 13. Why was the 7th month (Nissan) designated as the 1st month (Tishrei)? “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you” (12:2). The Passover was to be […]
Read moreHe ought to have his head examined, you might say; ‘Nuts’ says one book review! Who would have thought the founding father of psychoanalysis, Austrian neurologist of Jewish descent—Sigmund Freud— would write a book claiming Moses was not an Israelite but an Egyptian? Well, that is exactly what he did in his book: Moses And […]
Read moreMust Read: Future Tense – Prologue Sub-title: FUTURE TENSE: JEWS, JUDAISM, AND ISRAEL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Author: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks It was the Holocaust survivors who taught me. I have read hundreds of books about the Shoa. I made a television programme from Auschwitz. To this day I cannot begin to imagine what they […]
Read moreMonument in Israel honors Filipinos For saving 1,200 Jews from Holocaust By Volt Contreras Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines — Before Schindler’s List, there was another document—the Philippine visa—that saved hundreds of Jews from the gas chambers and mass graves of the Holocaust. In 1939, two years before World War II reached the Pacific, the Commonwealth […]
Read moreJews honor Manuel L. Quezon on his 134th birthday/Sunday, August 19th, 2012 By Nena C. Benigno/Philippine Daily Inquirer As the country commemorates the 134th birthday today, August 19, of Manuel L. Quezon, he is also honored by thousands of Jewish families who have survived and prospered because they found a home in Manila at the darkest […]
Read more[Source : Center of Jewish Studies – http://www.cjss.org.cn/200706207.htm, reformatting and highlights added. Please go to the site for the complete article as well as the sources of information cited in these selected excerpts following a timeline of Jewish presence in the Philippines.] Manila Jews’ Communal Origins and Commercial Activity The Marrano brothers Jorge and Domingo Rodriguez […]
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