Centuries ago, Eastern European scholar Rabbi Moshe Isserles concluded that when there is a factor present that obstructs the departure of a dying person's soul -- such as the sound of someone chopping wood nearby, or salt that had been placed on the dying person's tongue -- it is permissible to remove the noise or the salt. Removing them would not constitute hastening death, but rather be viewed as removing an impediment to dying. Based on this passage and others, some prominent authorities in the Jewish community have argued that we are forbidden to take any positive action that might unnecessarily delay the death of a dying person. Some rabbinical scholars of medical ethics have even concluded that, within a Jewish ethical framework, a conscious person diagnosed with a terminal illne...
I'm their Jewish personal trainer and I put them through their paces," [Larry Lander] says of the wide-ranging study of Judaism and Jewish life and history. "Once we have established the theoretical groundwork, we put it in practice. "There's a few things they're going to have to give up. For instance of you are Jewish you won't be able to have a Christmas tree and Christmas lights in your home again," he says of what he calls a "litmus test" for converts. "You have to come to service and there will be no Christmas in your house." "The boys have been really supportive throughout the conversion process," says [Barbara Johnson], a lawyer by profession now recovering at home from a car accident. "They've attended synagogue with me and they participated in holy day celebrations."
Being on the run meant their faith had to evolve from "place" to "idea" to survive. Judaism transformed into a system based on books and rituals, one that could be practised anywhere the displaced found themselves. trouble begins, [Rich Cohen] writes, with the creation of the very state meant to be Judaism's home, modern-day Israel. Since 1948, Cohen contends that Zionists, zealots, politicians and so too the state's people, have once again re-emphasized the inflammatory bond between government and God. Though he mentions key dates and figures, his comments on ancient injustices -- "How should a Jew face occupation?" "the history of the city is nothing but walls," "our destroyed nation became the object of our prayers, and so was turned into a symbol" -- are relevant to the struggles i...
Purposes of this article include providing a brief assessment of current religion-marriage research, a concise review of the historical roots of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, a look at marital law as explained in the Old Testament, New Testament, and Qur' an, and an overview of ancient and contemporary marital ritual, religious practice, and symbolism within each of these three religious traditions informed through the lens of attachment theory. [...] in Marks (2005) study of the influence of religion on marriage across Abrahamic faiths, spiritual beliefs were positively linked to promarriage and anti-divorce sentiments, a shared worldview system, and a belief that God was a tangible support to the success of couples' marital relationships.
There's a sense today that college students are very busy with their schedules and their lives, and in order for them to take time out, they need to be incentivized," said Rabbi Raphael Shore, the program's director. "It's the same way colleges offer scholarships. "If you believe that Judaism is a viable religion for many different reasons -- and you're able to show it in a way that's truly meaningful -- that's truly exciting," said David Katznelson, who organizes innovative religious and arts celebrations in San Francisco that attract many young Jews. "And I don't think you need to pay people to do that." By contrast, AishCafe puts students through a gantlet of tests on Jewish rituals and history, featuring a dozen classes with catchy titles like "Genesis and the Big Bang" and "Pleas...
Madonna toasted the Jewish new year with Israeli President Shimon Peres and declared herself an "ambassador for Judaism," local newspapers reported Sunday. She gave Peres a volume of The Book of Splendor, the guiding text of Kabbalah, inscribed "To Shimon Peres, the man I admire and love, Madonna," the Yediot Ahronot daily reported. You don't know how popular the Book of Splendor is among Hollywood actors," Yediot quoted Madonna as telling Peres. "Everyone I meet talks to me only about that. I am an ambassador for Judaism.
They don't seem like they have anything to look forward to, especially the young people," he said. "They've seen so much gloom, doom and despair, they look around and that's what's familiar, and it becomes comfortable. Phillip Matthews, Arbell Matthews' 39-year-old son, is a former Cairo policeman and agent for the Southern Illinois Drug Task Force. Today, the stocky, bespectacled computer technician is the spiritual leader of Cairo's new Jewish community. Weekends when the group can't make it to Congregation Beth Jacob in Carbondale, Matthews leads a two-hour Torah study session Friday nights and a three-hour worship service Saturday afternoons. "When you look at our city, you see a battle raging all around us," said Matthews. "But God is incapable of failure. Remember the day you ca...
Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jews of Persia around the year 350 BC from a wicked and powerful vizier named Haman the Amalekite. The heroine of the Purim story is Queen Esther, and the details of the Purim story are found in the Old Testament book named for her. Shortly afterwards, Haman becomes angry with [Mordechai] for his refusal to bow down to him and decides to collectively punish all Jews in the kingdom for this transgression. Haman tricks the king into signing into law a decree ordering the Jews' mass extermination. He then draws lots to determine on which day this killing will take place. The Persian word for lots was "pur." Purim means the Festival of Lots. At Mordechai's behest, Esther quickly moves to intercede on behalf of her people. She reveals to the king th...
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