Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live.
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So when it says you are not to worship graven idols, that's what scholars call iconoclastic -- it's against images. The fear was, both in Judaism and Islam, that if you represented a holy figure like a prophet who had discussions with the divine, there would be a danger of people worshipping the image.
I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.
The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will not be until the Kingdom.
Rabbi of the Wise Book
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In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia. I didn't spend enough time with my children. Now, when I get an all-important call, I sometimes say that I'm having lunch with my granddaughter. And I do not apologize
I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals.
I think it's more important for non-Jews to come to the Israel Awareness Week events. Israel is our brother-in-arms of the Middle East - it's our ally. It's about Israel, not Judaism. Like Israel, Israel Awareness Week is open to everyone.
An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!
These stripes may have been a way to emulate the status of Roman society, but it had a different meaning for them. They adapted symbols from non-Jewish society and gave them Judaic meaning. That may be one of the great secrets of Judaism.
How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt.
Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.
The interpretation that Judaism is a religion of law and Christianity is a religion of love is a long-standing interpretation, but that is a misconception of Judaism.
The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question.
The day the rabbi came to our mosque and spoke to 500 Muslims, that was an awesome moment. That's not the sort of behavior of a radical imam. And now, all that is destroyed.
I am a rabbi. I am an Orthodox rabbi. I was ordained an Orthodox rabbi, at the age of 18. I am writing a book on the Talmud, right now. This isn't being said, out of some liberal prattle It's being said from the very essence and the heart of our religion.
I have two interests in life, community and Judaism. This job allows me to do both.
I give all the glory of all of my words to my Savior, Jesus Christ, The King of Kings, Lord of Lords, The Prince of Peace, The Mighty Counselor, The Truth, The Way, The Light Of The World, Yahweh, JAH. Abba Father, I will forever give you all glory and praise for you have given me eternal life, wisdom, and knowledge, and I am eternally grateful.Amen
The interfaith communal trip to Israel provides us with a unique spiritual opportunity, ... Not only will we investigate and revitalize our own Judaism, but by sharing our spiritual journey with others and witnessing the sacred impact of Israel on them, we will deepen our understanding of how the Holy Land speaks in different tongues to those who love her. We live in a world increasingly divided by religious beliefs. What a superb opportunity to use our common concern for Israel to unite us and create understanding.
I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version.
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Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.
What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you make yourself a holy people - is nowhere present in Hebrew tradition before the end of the first or the beginning of the second century of the Common Era.
It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally.