Beliefs and concepts
Petty Orthodoxy
Thetorah.com is a website that analyzes the weekly reading of the Torah for people who do not take every word in the Torah literally. In addition to...
CUFI Promotes Supporting Israel as a Core Christian Value
JNS.org - While much of the media focused on the recent terror attack in Nice, the failed coup in Turkey and the Republican National Convention, thousands of evangelical Christians gathered in the nation’s capital this week...
Beautiful: From 2015 to 2016
JNS.org - There’s a moment at the opening of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” currently playing in Chicago, when the character portraying Jewish singer Carole King remarks that even life’s hardest parts can turn out to...
Is the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Shifting From a Political to a Religious War?
JNS.org - Near-daily Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers have been ongoing since October. This "new kind of terrorism," as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described it, might mean more knives and less suicide bombings, but...
The Moral Reasons Why the Israeli Occupation Must End
There are four ethical theories -- Kantian, utilitarian, virtue-based, and religious -- that demonstrate the lack of moral foundation...
Yes, It Does Have to Do With Islam
We all know the drill: Let Islamic fanatics butcher random civilians in cold blood while...
Evangelicals, Jews and Politics
On a Christian radio show last week, former Minnesota Representative and 2012 Republican presidential candidate...
Rabbi Yehudah Glick: We Will Continue to Call on Jews to Visit Temple Mount
BreakingIsraelNews.com/JNS.org - Rabbi Yehudah Glick, an Israeli activist seeking to increase Jewish access to the...
Palestinian Terror Wave Has Israel’s Rabbis Searching for Spiritual Solutions
JNS.org - Their pictures and their names are burned on our hearts—victims of terrorism whose final...
Petty Orthodoxy
Thetorah.com is a website that analyzes the weekly reading of the Torah for people who do not take every word in the Torah literally. In addition to valuing...
CUFI Promotes Supporting Israel as a Core Christian Value
JNS.org - While much of the media focused on the recent terror attack in Nice, the failed coup in Turkey and the Republican National Convention, thousands...
Beautiful: From 2015 to 2016
JNS.org - There’s a moment at the opening of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” currently playing in Chicago, when the character portraying Jewish singer Carole King...
Is the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Shifting From a Political to a Religious War?
JNS.org - Near-daily Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers have been ongoing since October. This "new kind of terrorism," as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described...
The Moral Reasons Why the Israeli Occupation Must End
There are four ethical theories -- Kantian, utilitarian, virtue-based, and religious -- that demonstrate the lack of moral foundation in the continuing the occupation. Israelis have the responsibility to...
Yes, It Does Have to Do With Islam
We all know the drill: Let Islamic fanatics butcher random civilians in cold blood while shouting "Allahu Akbar!" -- and sundry Western pundits and politicos will...
Evangelicals, Jews and Politics
On a Christian radio show last week, former Minnesota Representative and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann expressed her opinion that the End Times will...
Rabbi Yehudah Glick: We Will Continue to Call on Jews to Visit Temple Mount
BreakingIsraelNews.com/JNS.org - Rabbi Yehudah Glick, an Israeli activist seeking to increase Jewish access to the Temple Mount, offers the following commentary on the security situation...
Palestinian Terror Wave Has Israel’s Rabbis Searching for Spiritual Solutions
JNS.org - Their pictures and their names are burned on our hearts—victims of terrorism whose final moments we can’t even imagine. It’s in precisely these times...
What’s That Huge White Bridal Dress Floating Over the Tower of David?
JNS.org - “What’s that huge white bridal dress floating over the Tower of David?” That’s what visitors to Jerusalem’s Old City asked last week. The wedding...
School Strike Ends, But Israeli Catholic Community Still at a Political Crossroads
JNS.org - While much attention has been paid to the recent high-profile United States visit of Pope Francis, Israel’s Catholic community finds itself represented by leaders...
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College to Admit Intermarried Students
JNS.org - The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College on Wednesday announced a new plan to admit students with non-Jewish spouses. “As you are likely already aware, this policy change...
Bangladeshi Islamists Threaten Global Slaughter of Secular Writers
A radical Islamist group in Bangladesh is threatening to take its jihad against secular writers global. The Ansarullah Bangla Team, which is suspected of acting on threats and...
As We Start a New Year, We Must Strive for Unity
The Times of Israel recently reported that Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that “Israel will not survive the next 25 years.” Just hours later, that same paper posted...