Bernard Starr
ARTICLES BY: Bernard Starr
‘Xueta Island’: The Untold Story of a Resurrection of Judaism
Six hundred years after Judaism was crushed and vanished from Majorca, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean, a Jewish boy originally from Englewood, New Jersey,...
How Antisemitism Killed Christians and How Anti-Science Is Now Killing People of All Faiths
The Black Plague (also called the Black Death) that erupted in Europe in 1347 would prove to be the deadliest plague ever. It ended in...
Time for a ‘Manhattan Project’ Against Epidemic Disease
Fareed Zakaria, interviewing medical expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN on March 1, remarked that our response to the coronavirus seems to be little different...
Donald Trump’s Enablers Are the True Problem
The media continues to give virtually 24-hour coverage to Donald Trump, with commentators wringing their hands over his latest cruelty or bizarre behavior. But none...
What Would Jesus Say About Distortions of His Teachings?
In his New York Times op-ed column on September 4, 2016, Nicholas Kristof asked: "What Religion Would Jesus Belong To?" A clever headline, to be sure, but Kristof...
The Transformation of the Virgin Mary: How a Jewish Girl From Nazareth Became a Christian Icon
The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, provide skimpy biographies of Jesus, with huge time gaps. We meet Jesus in brief citations as a newborn, a six-year-old in...
Why Christians Should Celebrate Passover
The Passover holiday commemorates the exodus of Jews from slavery in Egypt. It is a celebration of freedom. On this basis alone, Christians should join...
New Findings About Jews and Judaism Revealed in the New Testament (INTERVIEW)
It is well known that Christianity sprang from a Jewish context. While there may be controversy about Jesus' Judaism vs. the traditional Judaism of the...
Ben Carson and the Holocaust Gun Myth
Is there no limit as to how low Republicans will stoop to defend the gun culture? On October 8, 2015, in a transparent effort to pander to...
Who Was the Most Destructive Jewish ‘Messiah’? It Wasn’t Jesus
Ask Jewish people why they reject Jesus, and most will say it's because he falsely declared himself to be the Messiah. In maintaining this stance they...
Art Can Inspire Faith; It Can Also Empower Destructive Ideologies
A June 2015 art exhibit, "The Transformative Power of Art," at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, harnessed the universal language of art...
Journalism Tackles ‘The Problem With Good Friday’ and an Episcopal Priest Responds
We know that journalism can impact attitudes and action. But it's rare to get concrete proof of that, as I did recently after publishing a blog...
How Early Christians Traded Pilate for the Jews
"Crucify him, crucify him!" shouted the multitude of Jews when Pontius Pilate asked them what he should do with Jesus. These few harsh words, which appear...
Picturing the Jewish Jesus: Bill O’Reilly and the National Geographic Channel Get it Right
When I tuned in on March 29, 2015, for the National Geographic's film production Killing Jesus, adapted from Bill O'Reilly's book Killing Jesus, I was poised, pen...
