Category Archives: Judaism

Are Jews Honest In Business?

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Luke Ford

WASPs are the most honest people I’ve met, closely followed by Mormons, Germans (including German Jews), Japanese and Koreans. Chinese in China strike me as duplicitous in business. Catholics seem to be all over the place. In my life experience, … Continue reading →

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My Judaism

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Luke Ford

I could happily go the rest of my life without listening to another Jew yammer on about “my Judaism.” If a Jew does not want to practice Judaism, fine, just don’t go talking about “my Judaism” if you are going … Continue reading →

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How Do You Convert To Judaism If You Are Painfully Shy?

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Luke Ford

When you convert to Judaism, you not only are converting to a religion and to a way of life, you are converting to a specific people with strong genetic ties to each other. The single most important challenge in converting … Continue reading →

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The Sabbath For Christians

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Luke Ford

I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. The “Adventist” part of the name means they believe in imminent arrival of Jesus Christ. The “Seventh-Day” part means they observe the Sabbath from Friday night to Saturday night. But what does “observe” mean? … Continue reading →

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God, Orthodox Judaism, And The Rabbis

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Luke Ford

John Updike wrote in his novel SEEK MY FACE: “Or perhaps, if she is Jewish, she is unable to put the question of God quite the way a Christian would put it, in urgent terms of either/or. For the chosen … Continue reading →

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