Netanyahu Coalition Jeopardised Over Ultra-Orthodox Exemption From Army
In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the exemption was unconstitutional, and last year it ordered the military to conscript yeshiva students. Legal experts say the only way to restore the exemption ...
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Jewish Religion and Christianity?
Who is responsible for the birth of Christianity? As with any major phenomenon, the answer is complex. Christianity developed ...
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Jewish Biography: Eduard Gans, Judaism’s Defender Then Defector
In 1819 the Society for the Culture and Science of the Jews was organized in Berlin, whose president from 1821-1824 was the lawyer Dr. Eduard Gans. The Society published the journal Zeitschrift für ...
IQ Alone Doesn’t Sustain the Jewish Tradition
More than accomplishment, Judaism values effort.
The Disabled Are a Gift to Judaism
My friend Rich had a deeper understanding of our tradition than those with high IQs.
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The Aesthetic In Judaism
The word kavod – dignity or honor – appears sixteen times, but in fourteen (2x7) of these cases the reference is to the glory of G-d.
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Islam, Judaism and Religious Revival
This view is shared by most adherents in nearly all religious traditions, including 82% of Jews, 79% of Catholics, 57% of evangelical Protestants, and 56% of Muslims. (From the US Religious Landscape ...