Posts Tagged: God
Pope Condemns Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism Amid New Wave of Attacks Against Jews
Pope Francis condemned all forms of anti-Judaism and antisemitism, labeling them as a "sin against God," after noticing an increase in attacks against Jews around...
Violence Against Women Insults God, Pope Says in New Year’s Message
i24 News – Pope Francis used his New Year's message on Saturday to issue a clarion call for an end to violence against women, saying...
Celebrating the Hebrew Language
Where did the Hebrew language come from? When did it begin? What language does God speak? And, for that matter, what language did the snake...
The Unknowable, Loving and Aggravating God
Jewish Tradition forbids the pronunciation of the four-letter name of God. This name, rooted in the Hebrew word for “being,” consists of the Hebrew letters...
Thoughts About God, Me and Us
Let’s get some things straight about God and me as they relate to the tension and hatred among Jews in Israel and abroad. I do...
Were God Merely to ‘Exist,’ Our Prayers Would Be Meaningless
“God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere,” said Voltaire. Indeed, trying to describe God is like trying to present something that is more...
If God Is Just, Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
In majestic language, Moses breaks into song, investing his final testament to the Israelites with all the power and passion at his command. He begins...
Harvard Publication Prints Anti-Semitic Article
A Harvard journal is in hot water after posting an anti-Semitic article on its website last week. The Harvard Ichthus, a Christian journal, published an...
Pope Offers Greetings for Israeli President Peres’s 90th Birthday
Pope Francis sent a special birthday greeting to Israeli President Shimon Peres Monday, a day ahead of official festivities that will mark the elder-statesman's 90th...
The Cosmological Argument
In my various interactions with atheists I am often informed that there is "no evidence" for the existence of a God (or gods as...
Was God at Ground Zero?
I visited Ground Zero at midnight on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and felt myself transported, as if by a time machine, back to that...
A Plea to Atheists: Pedophilia Is Next On the Slippery Slope; Let Us Turn Back Before It Is Too Late
It is axiomatic that in the world of the atheist there is neither morality nor immorality, only amorality. This is often misunderstood to mean that...
The Butchering of 8-Year-Old Leibby Kletsky
There are three reasons Hassidic Jews live together in tight-knit and often insular communities. The first is shared values. The second, a strong support network...
Write Your Own Story – Reacting to a Cruel World
We can never leave our own story. No matter how painful. No matter how agonizing. But maybe we can rewrite it. Sometimes it feels as though...
