All posts tagged "Judaism"

• Blogs

  Michael Kagan PHD Conversation on Shavuot-Giving of the Decalogue.

  https://israelseen.com/shows/Michael%20Kagen%20Shavuot.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More  This was originally broadcasted  in 2009. Dr. Kagan was interviewed by my...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Love as Law, Law as Love

                     By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.  On the face of it the connections between the sedra and haftarah of Bemidbar are slender....

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The modern world was shaped by four revolutions: The Chronological Imagination

  “I want, in this study, to look at one of Judaism’s most distinctive and least understood characteristics – the chronological imagination.”  By...

• Blogs

  ‘Lost tribe of Israel’ found in Papua New Guinea?

                Scholar known as “British Indiana Jones,” Florida International University religious studies professor Tudor Parfitt: “The Gogodala wear yarmulkes [kippot] and prayer...

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  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (I) Micah

    By Ariel Ben Avraham   “And in the end of days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the...

• Blogs

  What Counts – The Study of the Counting of the Omer

       “A prophet is one who sees the end in the beginning. While others are at ease, he foresees the catastrophe. While...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  What Makes Us Human?

                            ” When it works, the family is the matrix of our humanity. It...

• Blogs

  April 21, 2013 Weekly Good News From Israel

    In the 21st April edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include: Within one hour an Israeli mathematical innovation can identify...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Of Love and Hate

    Sculpture By Phillip Ratner  Commentary By Rabbi Lord Sacks At the centre of the mosaic books is Vayikra. At the centre...

• Guest Contributors

  So God is moving to more interesting places

  Lately, a strange feeling has gotten hold of me. I am not yet able to fully articulate it, but something tells me...

• Steve

  Israel – Small But Outstanding

    Enjoy this this wonderful video that takes your breath away. Israel, a small country of outstanding beauty, is so many different...

• Blogs

  A Nazi’s Son in the IDF – An Amazing Story and Interview

    What does a decorated Nazi tell his son about the war? Nothing. Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger shares his story about the journey...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Holiness and Childbirth

           A deeply profound explanation of this weeks Torah portion by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.  The sidrot of Tazria and...

• Blogs

  Shocking New TV Documentary on Anti-Semitism

      A very powerful 40-minute documentary about antisemitism in our world. A look at how the “Jews are to blame” for just...

• Blogs

  Antisemitism matters because it’s an assault on humanity

    By Rabbi Lord Sacks. This coming Sunday is Yom Hashoah, the day we in the Jewish community observe our Holocaust Remembrance...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Fire – Holy and Unholy

     Sculpture by International Artist Phillip Ratner. This is a truly powerful interpretation/explanation of this weeks Torah reading.   By Rabbi Lord...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Redemption and the Rational Mind

     David Hartman, 1931-2013. Passover, Rabbi Prof. David Hartman wrote in 2010, is meant to celebrate and sustain our deep yearning for...

• Blogs

  You Cannot Passover the Jewish State

     News of Israel’s Achievements and Heartwarming Stories from the Jewish State.  The modern State of Israel is almost the same size...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Pesach, or Passover, is the Jewish festival of freedom

    Sculpture by Phillip Ratner . This past week my wife and I had the surprising pleasure of encountering  Rabbi Sacks and...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Rituals are how civilizations preserve their memory

       When people talk about religion in Britain, they tend to speak about beliefs. Which, for Jews, is very odd. Yes, belief...