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Category Archives: Jews
NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change
I have friends and acquaintances in this Muslim-Jewish dialogue group. I think Alexander Technique would be so helpful for people trying to do things in a new way. Let’s say you stay fixed in all of your habitual reactions to … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teacher, Alexander Technique, ashley adams, ashley alexander, habitual reactions, robert rickover
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The Fierce Struggle For Purity
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, a minor eight-day Jewish holiday that gets a lot of press because it falls near the end of the Western calendar year and is thought of by the goyim as the Jews’ version … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teachers, alexander technique teachers, christmas hanukkah, first day of hanukkah, Google, maccabbees
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Los Angeles Synagogue Shaarei Tefila Sued
Background on this dispute. In the following case, disgruntled congregant Allan Lowy is suing the shul (Western Jewish Institute aka Shaarei Tefila). From LASuperiorCourt.org: Case Number: BC475366 ALLAN LOWY ET AL VS WESTERN JEWISH INSTITUTE ET AL Filing Date: 12/16/2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged allan lowy, berel, case type, corp governance, jewish institute, petitioner
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The Jewish Annotated New Testament
The New York Times reports Nov. 25, 2011: SAN FRANCISCO — Growing up Jewish in North Dartmouth, Mass., Amy-Jill Levine loved Christianity. Her neighborhood “was almost entirely Portuguese and Roman Catholic,” Dr. Levine said last Sunday at her book party … Continue reading
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Tagged american academy of religion, Brandeis University, miracle of our lady of fatima, new testament studies, oxford university press, testament scholar
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The Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day May 15, 2010 At Loma Linda University
Last year, I was on a panel discussing a new book about Jews, Christians, the Holocaust, and the Sabbath. As I watch myself 18 months later, I feel uncomfortable. I was not gracious. I was weird. I was provocative. I … Continue reading