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Category Archives: Adventist
Living Out A Chaim Potok Novel
When I was 14 and 15 (1980-1981), my family and I read all (or almost all) of Chaim Potok‘s novels about Judaism. They reminded us of what dad had gone through with the legalistic — in our view — Seventh-Day … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Jews, Personal
Tagged chaim potok, chaim potok novel, Dennis Prager, Don Etra, dustin hoffman, george bush at yale, henry waxman, jeremy kagan
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I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. My father was employed by the church as a preacher and as a theologian until I was 14. At age 18, I left Christianity. I wandered for a few years until embracing Judaism at … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal, PUC
Tagged adventism, embracing judaism, jewish perspective, mom and dad, saddest day of my life, seventh day adventists
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The Road To Auschwitz
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist and many of the things I was taught from the pulpit lead directly to Auschwitz. Christians did not create Auschwitz (Nazism was profoundly anti-Christian) but without 1900 years of Christian hatred of Jews and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Christianity, Judaism, Personal
Tagged concentration camps, day adventist church, jewish converts, persecution of jews, seventh day adventist, seventh day adventist church
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What Is Important To You…
In January 1983, my favorite sports team, the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, made it to their third straight NFC championship game. They’d lost their previous two. This game was January 22, Sabbath morning. As a Seventh-Day Adventist, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Dallas, Personal
Tagged favorite sports team, national football league, nfc championship game, nfc championship games, quarterback danny white, ucla economics
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In The Wake Of The Murders In France, How Can Jews Protect Themselves?
Growing up a Seventh-Day Adventist, I heard far more about what an evil place the outside world is than I have as a convert to Judaism. At the same time, there was no security in my Adventist upbringing. There were … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Anti-Semitism, Personal
Tagged community security, cooperative relationship, ethnic minorities, evil place, jewish events, state security services
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