that the movement grew from an insular Hasidic sect into the massively influential Jewish force that it is today, in the process burnishing his reputation as one of the most important Jewish figures of the 20th century and arguably the most widely recognized rabbi in modern history. ...
ST:It’s a great story about them. They’re first cousins. Eisenman’s mother is the poor one. Jewish family. Meier’s mother is the rich one. So Meier’s mother used to call Peter’s mother all the time and say, “What has Peter done? Richard just won ...
As we get ready to observe the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the Day of Atonement, I wanted to share a piece I wrote a few years ago on the Book of Jonah. Gmar Hatimah Tovah! May you and your loved ones be sealed in the Book of Life for a year of happiness and health,...
Now while all Hasidic Jews turn their eyes away from the Cross, and some even cover their eyes, not this one. He first looked at me with his expression inaudibly saying, “There’s power here and this is a Jew expressing this power.” (All Jews easily recognize other racial Jews.) He...
Nachman's tales provide what is arguably the most intriguing literature produced by a hasidic tradition that has valued the use of story as a way of appealing to the Jewish masses ever since the days of the Baal Shem Tov, hasidim's founding spirit. Nachman, the Baal Shem's grandson, per...
Chaim Potok (1929-2002) was a Jewish-American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and Rabbi. His first novel The Chosen (1967) and its sequel The promise (1969) were award-winning novels highlighting the lifestyles of Orthodox and Hasidic jews. His other famous work is My Name is ...
And ifweas Jews want to deny our functional whiteness, as I sense some do, to duck the issue of the privileges we receive from it (even as we face anti-Jewish bias), so be it. But understand: the cost of that denial is being seen as a distinct race after all. ...
. . In the same way, the Shema excludes the trinity of the Christian creed as a violation of the Unity of God." But now let us turn to Jewish belief on the subject of the afterlife. Death, Soul, and Resurrection One of the basic beliefs of modern Judaism is that man has an ...
If General Mills created a newLucky Charms breakfast cereal commercialfeaturing an old Jewish man, instead of a leprechaun, running around with a pot of gold singing, “They’re magically Hasidic!” It probably wouldn’t go over too well, unless you’re in Poland. ...