4 hours ago by Jamie Louis and Don Wyant

From being immersed in traditional religion “Baptist” he has crossed over to not only studying but teaching the Torah. Having served in the middle east “Desert Storm” he has a unique insight on the Torah. Refreshing and full of rich understanding we are happy to have Jeff on board.

Torah 2 The Nations - torah2thenations.com

5 hours ago by Samuel J. Scott

JERUSALEM — Hillel Halkin makes a not-so-modest proposal for peace in the Middle East: There is one obvious solution for Israel’s West Bank settlements that has been all but completely overlooked: Let the settlers continue living where they are, but in the state of Palestine. As a conception, it’s s ...

Considerations - samueljscott.com · Rank: 178,978 · 1 reference

5 hours ago by Editor

The Mussar movement, the formal study and program of ethical improvement, was developed in the mid-nineteenth century by Rabbi Israel Salanter (1810-1883, his family name was Lipkin but he is known as Salanter in honor of the many years he studied...

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7 hours ago by bobcargill

a new article by jennifer howard of the chronicle of higher education asks an important question: ‘what’s best done with the dead sea scrolls?’ in the article, howard examines the pros and cons of religiously-affiliated universities acquiring fragments of the dead sea scrolls for the sake of publici ...

The Official Blog of Dr. ... - robertcargill.com · Rank: 17,123 · 35 references

10 hours ago by davidkayisrael

Wasn’t last week eventful for all of our gay friends around the world? First we had President Obama promising to amend the “don’t ask don’t tell” law in the American Military to “go on, tell”. Second, our gracious savior the Pope Benedict XVI, decided to tell Britain how important equality is to all ...

Dave Kay's Blog - daveinisrael.com

10 hours ago by ronashively

A question that has come up for me time and time again is about how mysticism is viewed in the Bible and in other religious practices. To begin studying this, I first looked up the definition of mysticism at Wikipedia.com. Mysticism (from the Greek μυστικός, mystikos, an initiate of a mystery religi ...

Leading the Follower - ronashively.wordpress.com

10 hours ago by Scott G

Here we find David’s lament over the death of Saul and Jonathan. He has already torn his clothes, mourned, wept and fasted (and killed the person who falsely confessed to killing Saul). v. 17-18. Remember that David was a musician — he played the harp well, and he wrote about half of the Psalms. Her ...

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11 hours ago by Antony Loewenstein

Israeli human rights group Gisha released this statement today: Gisha and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel appealed to the High Court of Justice on behalf of Issam Hamdan against a District Court ruling blocking his exit from Gaza for emergency medical treatment. · The State refuses to allow him o ...

Antony Loewenstein - antonyloewenstein.com · Rank: 13,320 · 94 references

12 hours ago by phillipkay

I WATCHED A BBC/TimeLife series recently called Ancient Voices. The 11 episodes presented what was then (the series dates from 1995) up-to-date research which attempted to give new light on ancient societies. On the whole it succeeded admirably, although two episodes presented gross simplifications ...

BestQuest - phillipkay.wordpress.com

12 hours ago by Antony Loewenstein

Is Twitter the answer? A serious question asked in an article about how to improve Israel’s global image.

Antony Loewenstein - antonyloewenstein.com · Rank: 13,320 · 94 references