[This was first posted in 2013; we are revisiting as a result of many searchers interested in The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag. Sharing Chapter 5 of this MUST READ book. For visuals connected to this topic, check this link: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/155833/postcards-anti-semitic—-Admin1] ————————– WHY ANTI-SEMITISM? Jews “cause” both anti-Semitism and pro-Semitism; […]
Read more[First posted in 2015 on the occasion of the visit of ‘Rockstar’ Pope Francis to the Philippines. Here is the original introduction: During the visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines, a ‘sea of humanity’ —as media practitioners term the nonstop-overwhelming-welcome and send-off—was phenomenal. Those of us on the sidelines (the non-Catholic flock) watched the […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. There is much misunderstanding of the significance of “chosenness” particularly in terms of Divine selection/election of a particular people. We have a book that well explains that, please check out the following posts: Q&A: That recurring question about Israel’s ‘chosen-ness’… If Israel was ‘the chosen’ in the “Old” Testament, are […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012 and time for a repost as part of our “looking back” series during this season of introspection in preparation for the biblical feast of Shavuot, the giving of the Torah on Sinai. What does it mean for humankind to be made in God’s “image” or “likeness” —- when He has no […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, usually timed for Good Friday which you might think should be Bad Friday since it commemorates the Christian Savior’s death . . . but surprise, surprise, it turns out to be Good after all because it was a triumph over Evil, among other ‘good’ victorious accomplishments included in the God-Man’s final […]
Read more[First posted 2012. “AJH”— Abraham Joshua Heschel—as you must have already noticed from the frequency we feature his writings—is a favorite resource person of ours, whose words we quoted in our Statement of Faith. That quote is the opening of his essay, the title of which is the title of this article. Being a […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. Again, we offer the Rabbi’s answer to the question before featuring our own. Read on. —Admin1] ————————- Question: Genesis 3:15 — What does it mean if we remove the Christian interpretation of it as the first messianic prophecy? Answer #1: Rabbi M. Younger/Aish.com Shalom – Thank you […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, one of the first questions we were asked. See how we answered at the end, after asking the Rabbis first but eventually coming up with our own ‘speculation’ for that is all we can offer, after mindful and critical thinking depending on the limited details offered in the text.—Admin1.] […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, this is part of our series on the biblical diet as prescribed by the Creator-Designer of the human body, outlined in Leviticus 11. Who better than the ‘Maker’ determines the proper fuel for the ‘made’? Check these related posts: Revisit: Biblical Diet 1 Revisit: Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 11a – Dietary Laws Biblical Diet […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. Source: Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz–Admin1.] THE BOOK OF GENESIS The Hebrew name for the First Book of Moses was originally Sefer Maaseh Bereshith, ‘Book of Creation.’ This was rendered into Greek by Genesis, ‘origin,’ because it gives an account of the creation of the world and the beginnings of life […]
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