The Prophets In Judaism, prophets were seen as having attained the highest degree of holiness, scholarship, and closeness to God and set the standards for human perfection. The Talmud reports that there were more than a million prophets, but most of the prophets conveyed messages that wer[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Judaism’
March 5th, 2017 - 1:13 am § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Largest Religion In Every State Other Than Christianity
What The REST OF US Believe by Christina Sterbenz Business Indsider This map, first seen on Mark J Perry’s Twitter, answers the burning question of what faiths come in second place in each state. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies Based on data from Association of S[...]
Happy New Year! عام جديد سعيد שנה טובה
Avi Ibrahim Balser Happy Islamic New Year 1438 hijriyah to all my dear Muslim Brothers and Sisters, and L’Shana Tova TiKhasayvu, 5777, to all my dear Jewish Brothers and Sisters.[...]
Rosh Hashana: Bernie Sanders on his Judaism
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders FACEBOOK Let me be very personal here, if I might. I’m Jewish. My father’s family died in concentration camps. I will do everything that I can to rid this country of the ugly stain of racism which has existed for far too many years.[...]
June 19th, 2016 - 8:58 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Noachide Laws.
If Israel were a religious state, like Iran, atheists, Hindus, gays, and sushi eaters would be in violation of the law. Judaism is a religion of law .. actually 613 laws. Amongst these there is also a set of laws for non Jews, the laws of Noah. It is interesting, during Ramadan, to look at [&helli[...]
Kol Nidre
Kol Nidre (Aramaic: כָּל נִדְרֵי) is an Aramaic declaration recited in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on every Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The song is a plea to be released from obligatins under Jewish law, obligations Jews in Spain could not meet under [...]
December 10th, 2015 - 10:38 am § in Misc.
Atheism Christian Style
So many American and European intellectuals claim to be atheists. Yet, when, as a Jew, I ask them about holidays .. they all celebrate Easter with its ham and Christmas with its wonderful music evoking the birth of (their?) god. Of course, this is “just” cultural. But many of these at[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Was Jesus the founder of the non violent resistance movement?
Jesus of the Roman Bible was no Gandhi, no Alinsky, and no MLK. Was Jesus a quisling? Millions of Jews have died because of Christian calumny of the real resistance movement, the Pharisees. Stephen Stills said that Jesus Christ was the first nonviolent revolutionary. I’m sure Stills was wrong a[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: I am a Jew