Jewish feelings, Jewish practice?
... Much less has been done in Europe. With the series of studies that JDC International Centre for Community Development (JDC-ICCD) has conducted in France, Germany and The Netherlands, we intend to fill this gap and to make a contribution to this subject. The premises of the studies were the following ...
... Much less has been done in Europe. With the series of studies that JDC International Centre for Community Development (JDC-ICCD) has conducted in France, Germany and The Netherlands, we intend to fill this gap and to make a contribution to this subject. The premises of the studies were the following ...
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... the way things are done now is the way they have been done for thousands of years. Rather, what we find at the Western Wall is the re-creation of patriarchal power as a reaction to shifting political conditions in the past century. These external factors heightened latent patriarchal ideas and helpe ...
... the way things are done now is the way they have been done for thousands of years. Rather, what we find at the Western Wall is the re-creation of patriarchal power as a reaction to shifting political conditions in the past century. These external factors heightened latent patriarchal ideas and helpe ...
There`s Kabbalah – and There`s Kabbalah
... The New Testament proclaims that Jesus is open to anyone, not just those privy to "hidden knowledge." The Lord declared, "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" ...
... The New Testament proclaims that Jesus is open to anyone, not just those privy to "hidden knowledge." The Lord declared, "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" ...
Perspectives in Contemporary Jewish Education
... built temples. Jews, however, built schools. To defend a country, Jews knew that one needs an army; but to protect and preserve a civilisation, one needs education. In the unchartered territory of a rapidly advancing scientific and technological world, one needs a compass, and that is what Judaism i ...
... built temples. Jews, however, built schools. To defend a country, Jews knew that one needs an army; but to protect and preserve a civilisation, one needs education. In the unchartered territory of a rapidly advancing scientific and technological world, one needs a compass, and that is what Judaism i ...
Calendar of Main Jewish Religious Observances and Resource Guide
... *Observances which are most likely to result in absences. The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) serves as the central public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community, representing over 60 synagogues and Jewish organizations in the Bay Area. JCRC produced this guide. Visit our website fo ...
... *Observances which are most likely to result in absences. The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) serves as the central public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community, representing over 60 synagogues and Jewish organizations in the Bay Area. JCRC produced this guide. Visit our website fo ...
Shavuos 2011 - Chabad-Lubavitch of Wisconsin
... restrictive rules, by a people – who, as recorded in the same Torah – keep questioning and rebelling from the very beginning. No right-thinking person questions whether or not the Jewish people inhabited the land of Israel, had numerous kings, two temples, went into exile, etc. These are all unques ...
... restrictive rules, by a people – who, as recorded in the same Torah – keep questioning and rebelling from the very beginning. No right-thinking person questions whether or not the Jewish people inhabited the land of Israel, had numerous kings, two temples, went into exile, etc. These are all unques ...
Introduction to the UMJC
... him apart, but his way of life united him with his people. So it was with Yeshua’s disciples. They also left their footprints on that vast stairway leading up to the Temple Mount. Like the Master, they lived and worshiped as loyal Jews. The faith they proclaimed was thoroughly Jewish in its origin a ...
... him apart, but his way of life united him with his people. So it was with Yeshua’s disciples. They also left their footprints on that vast stairway leading up to the Temple Mount. Like the Master, they lived and worshiped as loyal Jews. The faith they proclaimed was thoroughly Jewish in its origin a ...
Strengthening Our Belief in Hashem and His Beautiful Torah – Part
... positions of battle, thereby enabling Israel to take over so much territory. One can only conclude, as even Moshe Dayan did at the conclusion of this war, that this is another example of Hashem sustaining His people. One who studies the Yom Kippur War will also discover that Israel’s surviving this ...
... positions of battle, thereby enabling Israel to take over so much territory. One can only conclude, as even Moshe Dayan did at the conclusion of this war, that this is another example of Hashem sustaining His people. One who studies the Yom Kippur War will also discover that Israel’s surviving this ...
It is ironic that Shavuot is such a little-known holiday
... Those who study all night then say the morning prayers at the earliest permitted time – thus expressing the enthusiasm of the Jewish people to receive the Torah. Most synagogues and yeshivot will organize special classes and lectures throughout the night of Shavuot. At synagogue services on Shavuot ...
... Those who study all night then say the morning prayers at the earliest permitted time – thus expressing the enthusiasm of the Jewish people to receive the Torah. Most synagogues and yeshivot will organize special classes and lectures throughout the night of Shavuot. At synagogue services on Shavuot ...
Misinterpreting Rabbi Judah Ha-Levi
... worshiping God. The sin of Israel consisted in utilizing the golden calf as an object in religious ritual.22 The worship of the calves in Dan and Bet El is explained away in the same manner. In order to accept Dr. Goodman’s thesis we must deconstruct the Kuzari. We must say that Rabbi Judah Ha-Levi ...
... worshiping God. The sin of Israel consisted in utilizing the golden calf as an object in religious ritual.22 The worship of the calves in Dan and Bet El is explained away in the same manner. In order to accept Dr. Goodman’s thesis we must deconstruct the Kuzari. We must say that Rabbi Judah Ha-Levi ...
The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
... effort. The actions of any one people or any single generation are not enough. It would almost seem futile to begin the work unless others could be counted on to complete the work. According to the Bible, God set this process in motion first by covenanting with all humankind (the children of Noah) a ...
... effort. The actions of any one people or any single generation are not enough. It would almost seem futile to begin the work unless others could be counted on to complete the work. According to the Bible, God set this process in motion first by covenanting with all humankind (the children of Noah) a ...
Intermarriage – Its Positive Effect on Messianic Judaism
... The vast majority of Messianic Jews in the United States are intermarried. If all of these couples (and their children) were suddenly transported to heaven, the Messianic movement would shrink to less than half its present size. Such is the numerical priority of intermarried couples in the Messianic ...
... The vast majority of Messianic Jews in the United States are intermarried. If all of these couples (and their children) were suddenly transported to heaven, the Messianic movement would shrink to less than half its present size. Such is the numerical priority of intermarried couples in the Messianic ...
1 JEWISH CIVILIZATION BETWEEN RISE
... Throughout its long history, the Jewish people have had both great and bad leaders, and paid a heavy price for the latter. The current leadership situation in Israel and parts of the Diaspora is a cause for concern and may call for new ideas to encourage change. 5. Numbers and critical mass Numbers ...
... Throughout its long history, the Jewish people have had both great and bad leaders, and paid a heavy price for the latter. The current leadership situation in Israel and parts of the Diaspora is a cause for concern and may call for new ideas to encourage change. 5. Numbers and critical mass Numbers ...
*TRADITION, JUDAISM, AND THE JEWISH RELIGIONƒ *IN
... Israel), synonymously with Torah (a euphemism for the Jewish d religion). They are less likely to refer to Judaism ©© but when they do, they mean Torah and ”masoret•. In other words, all the terms are basically identical although they do evoke somewhat different images. But Tradition, we must recall ...
... Israel), synonymously with Torah (a euphemism for the Jewish d religion). They are less likely to refer to Judaism ©© but when they do, they mean Torah and ”masoret•. In other words, all the terms are basically identical although they do evoke somewhat different images. But Tradition, we must recall ...
Judaism
... moral obligations and to prod them in the right direction. Tefillin provide Jews with a convention that directs their minds and hands to useful and creative endeavors. They are a most important, definitive symbol of Jewish identity; the Bible mandates that every Jewish male 13 and older wear tefill ...
... moral obligations and to prod them in the right direction. Tefillin provide Jews with a convention that directs their minds and hands to useful and creative endeavors. They are a most important, definitive symbol of Jewish identity; the Bible mandates that every Jewish male 13 and older wear tefill ...
A Practical and Spiritual Guide to the Mikveh by Rabbi Miriam
... Medieval Hebrew Literature, Medieval Jewish Ethical Literature, Zionism Throughout the Ages Professional Experience November 2015 ff. – President, Schechter Institutes, INC.; President Emeritus, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies July 2000-2015 – President, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies J ...
... Medieval Hebrew Literature, Medieval Jewish Ethical Literature, Zionism Throughout the Ages Professional Experience November 2015 ff. – President, Schechter Institutes, INC.; President Emeritus, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies July 2000-2015 – President, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies J ...
Glossary of Jewish Terminology (MSWord)
... Lit. house of study. A place set aside for study of sacred texts such as the Torah and the Talmud, generally a part of the synagogue or attached to it. Beit Shammai (BAYT SHAH-mahy) Lit. House of Shammai. A school of thought during the Talmudic period, generally contrasted with the more lenient, hu ...
... Lit. house of study. A place set aside for study of sacred texts such as the Torah and the Talmud, generally a part of the synagogue or attached to it. Beit Shammai (BAYT SHAH-mahy) Lit. House of Shammai. A school of thought during the Talmudic period, generally contrasted with the more lenient, hu ...
RESUME Prof. David Golinkin 12 Leib Yaffe Street, Apt. 5 Jerusalem
... 1979-81 - Teacher at Prozdor Hebrew High School, Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1978-79 - Teacher at Machon Chai (Hebrew High School), Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jerusalem Campus 1978-79 - Research Assistant in Talmudic Archaeology at the Israel Academy of Science and Humanitie ...
... 1979-81 - Teacher at Prozdor Hebrew High School, Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1978-79 - Teacher at Machon Chai (Hebrew High School), Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jerusalem Campus 1978-79 - Research Assistant in Talmudic Archaeology at the Israel Academy of Science and Humanitie ...
RESUME Prof. David Golinkin 12 Leib Yaffe Street, Apt. 5 Jerusalem
... 1979-81 - Teacher at Prozdor Hebrew High School, Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1978-79 - Teacher at Machon Chai (Hebrew High School), Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jerusalem Campus 1978-79 - Research Assistant in Talmudic Archaeology at the Israel Academy of Science and Humanitie ...
... 1979-81 - Teacher at Prozdor Hebrew High School, Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1978-79 - Teacher at Machon Chai (Hebrew High School), Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jerusalem Campus 1978-79 - Research Assistant in Talmudic Archaeology at the Israel Academy of Science and Humanitie ...
Creativity and Cultural Influence in Early Jewish
... contrast to the more classic view that sees culture as a self-contained entity composed of coherent patterns. 10 Jewish religious law, known as halakhah, has been influenced by cultural developments both within the Jewish community and outside of it. Cultural analysis reminds us that cultures are no ...
... contrast to the more classic view that sees culture as a self-contained entity composed of coherent patterns. 10 Jewish religious law, known as halakhah, has been influenced by cultural developments both within the Jewish community and outside of it. Cultural analysis reminds us that cultures are no ...
Imperialism And Jewish Society, 200 BCE To 640
... In part three, Schwartz traces the development of synagogue and community from 350-640 C.E. In chapter six, he argues that the Christianization of the Roman Empire in the fourth century had widespread effects on Jewish life. First, Christianization marginalized Jews as it "excluded [them] from ...
... In part three, Schwartz traces the development of synagogue and community from 350-640 C.E. In chapter six, he argues that the Christianization of the Roman Empire in the fourth century had widespread effects on Jewish life. First, Christianization marginalized Jews as it "excluded [them] from ...
The shidduch
... After the match has been proposed, the prospective partners meet a number of times to gain a sense of whether they are right for one another. The number of dates prior to announcing an engagement may vary by community. In some, the dating continues several months. In stricter communities, the couple ...
... After the match has been proposed, the prospective partners meet a number of times to gain a sense of whether they are right for one another. The number of dates prior to announcing an engagement may vary by community. In some, the dating continues several months. In stricter communities, the couple ...
this PDF - HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
... Paziński, and Szwarcman-Czarnota 2010; Kelner 2010; Egorova and Perwez 2013; Lorenz 2013). The Holocaust did not mark the end of the Jewish presence in Poland, despite the annihilation of over ninety percent of Polish Jewry. Many among the three hundred thousand Jewish survivors sought every opportu ...
... Paziński, and Szwarcman-Czarnota 2010; Kelner 2010; Egorova and Perwez 2013; Lorenz 2013). The Holocaust did not mark the end of the Jewish presence in Poland, despite the annihilation of over ninety percent of Polish Jewry. Many among the three hundred thousand Jewish survivors sought every opportu ...
A Jewish View on Leadership
... for leaders and their followers even in the twenty-first century. At a minimum then, it seems only reasonable that Jewish groups seeking a meaningful program of leadership training would be willing to consider the wisdom of their own traditions on leadership in concert with the latest theories emana ...
... for leaders and their followers even in the twenty-first century. At a minimum then, it seems only reasonable that Jewish groups seeking a meaningful program of leadership training would be willing to consider the wisdom of their own traditions on leadership in concert with the latest theories emana ...