[This book we recommend not only as MUST READ but also as MUST OWN.  One of the questions often asked of us is why should God choose a people over and above all other people groupings, nations, races—and what makes Israel special in God’s eyes?  We’ve often tried to explain that chosen-ness does not imply […]

[Continuing  our featured MUST READ: What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about JUDAISM by Robert Shoen—Admin1.] Most modern Jews would agree that Jesus was a great man, a teacher, and even a prophet who traveled the land performing wonderful, miraculous deeds and preached love and kindness.  Christians recognize Jesus as Christ, the Son of God, […]

[Continuing our MUST READ series featuring Robert Shoen who wrote the  book we are currently featuring:  What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about JUDAISM by Robert Shoen.     While Sinaites’ don’t fully agree with some opinions of this writer, as a resource center for seekers of the Truth and the One True God, […]

[Continued from previous posts on READ: What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about JUDAISM by Robert Shoen.  This chapter is interesting; it answers the question what makes a person ‘Jewish’.  —Admin1.]   Even if I have never been a “practicing” or observant Jew, I’m still Jewish.   Whether I attend religious services or speak or […]

[If you haven’t done so, please read the introductory post to this series:  MUST READ: What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about JUDAISM by Robert Shoen.   I’ve said this before: the Jews do not read the “Old Testament”.  The reason is, their sacred scriptures are not “old” nor considered a “testament”.  What they […]

“Kermit the Frog has said that it’s not easy being green.  Well, it’s not easy being anything.  Being Jewish presents its own problems, and through the years I have often wished I could explain to my non-Jewish friends, in a simple, nonthreatening manner, what my religion is all about. “   This is the opening […]

[If you haven’t checked out this MUST READ resource in our library, here are two posts from the book we’re revisiting here: Gerald L. Schroeder [A Physicist Proves We’ve Been Wrong About God All Along] MUST READ: God According to God, Gerald L. Schroeder God According to God The Creator – 2 “The Science of God” – […]

Excerpts from MOTIVATIONS FOR FORGERY IF, AS I SHOW LATER, forgery was widely condemned why did people do it?  And how did they justify what they were doing in their own eyes? . . . The question of “why” they did it is a bit complicated, and here I need to differentiate between two ideas […]

[Please read part 1 of Chapter One of Bart D. Ehrman’s book Forged: A World of Deceptions and Forgeries – 1  This continues that discussion. Reformatted and highlighted for post.–Admin1.]   EARLY CHRISTIAN FORGERIES MOST OF THE INSTANCES I have mentioned are forgeries from after the days of the apostles themselves, from the second, third, and fourth Christian […]

[This is from Rabbi Schmuley Boteach’s Kosher Jesus.  Please check out previous posts from this MUST READ/MUST OWN resource; we’re sharing excerpts. In this chapter, Rabbi explains the roots of antisemitism and guess how big an influence is the Christian Scriptures’ depiction of the Jews who have been labeled ‘Christ-killers.’ . Reformatting and highlights added.—Admin1.]     Chapter […]