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Category Archives: Christianity
Jewish Author Wants To Embrace Christians
It’s a sad story Michael Rosen tells on Jewcy.com of continual rejection by Christians: In trying to make sense of the media and conference acceptances and rejections, the anthropologist in me sees a chasm between Jewish and Christian communities-one welcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jews
Tagged christian communities, intimations, jewish rejection, michael rosen, religious background, sad story
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Christian Church In San Mateo Welcomes A Rabbi In Residence
I remember Dennis Prager saying that every synagogue should have a sister church. Wow, the Orthodox did not react too well to that idea. From the San Mateo County Times: SAN MATEO — Religious tolerance is no longer enough. In … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Judaism
Tagged Dennis Prager, earnest exploration, el granada, native american faiths, san mateo county, san mateo county times
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How Do You Show Someone You Truly Love Him?
I think it is clear to me that the only convincing way to show somebody that you love him is to sacrifice your child. You call your friend over and then you point out your child hanging on a cross … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager
Tagged belief in god, christian woman, Dennis Prager, human sacrifice, radio show
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Yisroel Pensack: Imagine The Difference — If They Had All Just First Taken The Time To Read This Book
I wonder if this book and these three articles will now become required reading for animal lab technicians and researchers at Yale University and graduate students at Columbia University.
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Animals, Books, Christianity, Crime, Education, Intermarriage, Judaism, Weddings, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged columbia university, yale university
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Yisroel Pensack: Dead Rebbe As Mashiach
I was invited to a wedding and reception for the son of a San Francisco Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi/shaliach.
Posted in Chabad, Christianity, Orthodoxy, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged baal teshuva, chabad lubavitch, false belief, jewish religion, mashiach, wedding invitation
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My Ambivalence About Robert Novak
I read Novak’s enormous memoir. We agreed on most things, but not about things Jewish. Bob Novak was a relentless critic of Israel. Why? From TheTablet.com: Meanwhile, much of the Jewish pundit class has treated news of Novak’s passing delicately. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Islam, Israel, Jews
Tagged american jewry, bob novak, Brandeis University, guerrilla theater, john judis, john podhoretz
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‘You can have Jesus or Dan Brown. But you can
Joe emails: “Sounds like a plot synopsis for a gay movie. Also, the whole argument doesn
Posted in Christianity
Tagged dan brown, jesus, plot synopsis, protestantism
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Almost No Christians Left In Middle East Muslim Countries
That’s because they are so persecuted there, said Dennis Prager in his second hour (echoing the words of the Pope). "Islamophobia is phony. Christianphobia is real. Muslims are treated perfectly fine in the United States of America. That’s why they … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, islamophobia, muslim countries, muslim country, quot, swedes
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Lunch Returns Me To Childhood
I made a new friend over lunch today. He’s a lifelong Seventh-Day Adventist. Our lives have many parallels. Our fathers were SDA ministers who were ejected from church ministry for preaching heresy. I feel light-headed. I feel like I am … Continue reading
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Tagged avondale college, freedom fries, seventh day adventism, seventh day adventists, story of abraham, vegie burgers
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