After the kids took some rides, we made it to the Menorah Candle Lighting Ceremony with Elmo at Big Bird’s Wave Pool Lawn. Courtney Adams, Assistant Supervisor of Talent Operations, sang the brachot and since Oscar the Grouch was not invited to the lighting, he unplugged the menorah. A ...
Life after Death in Early Judaism: The Evidence of Josephusdoi:10.1163/157006307X206058Karl-Wilhelm NiebuhringentaconnectJournal for the Study of Judaism
Nearly 1.3 million people were deported to the camp and more than 1.1 million perished. Although Auschwitz had the highest death rate, it also had the highest survival rate of all the killing centers. Prosthetic legs and crutches are a part of a permanent exhibition in the Auschwitz Museum. O...
History and Main Beliefs of Jewish Religion / The Jews Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend. Judge not thy neighbor until thou art come into his place. (Jewish Proverbs)Introduction to JudaismJudaism is the religion, culture, ethics and law of the Jewish people....
There was indeed but a small Jewish population in Mecca, Mohammed’s birthplace; yet it is probable that contact with the Jews of that city was one of the means by which the founder of Islam became acquainted with Judaism, its beliefs, and its Patriarchs. This acquaintance became naturally ...
Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh, and explored in later texts such as the Talmud. Jews consider Judaism to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God developed with the Children of Israel - originally a group of tw...
Dani cannot fully understand Avi’s struggle, having never been in his position, but he hopes that he and Avi will be able to find a way to be together while Avi stays true to his beliefs. When faced with a contradiction between one’s religious beliefs and one’s modern reality, it ...
I see people of all races, beliefs, genders, etc… being involved actively with slavery, but yet only a small select group gets blamed for it today, while the church pastors sit by and say and do nothing to correct the false accusations which have been leveled against people whose ...
As soon as the Jewish people were scattered among other nations, and thereby found the opportunity of drawing comparisons between other beliefs and their own, it was inevitable that they should be so impressed with the superiority of their faith as to look forward with perfect confidence to its...
So Judaism does not merely refer to the religious beliefs of Jews but also—maybe more importantly—the visible daily life of the Jewish people, and indicates Jewish culture or the kernel of Jewish culture. Further, in the course of a very long history, Jewish thought, spirit, religion, and...