Posts Tagged: Bernard Starr
Invention of the Christian Jesus by Renaissance Art, Hollywood, and Historians Proved Lethal for Jews
In the film "Resistance," the character who plays the French mime and Jewish resistance fighter Marcel Marceau gives his answer to the question of why people...
‘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 Fake News Launched the Persecution of Jews for Two Thousand Years
The Holocaust did not begin with Hitler and Nazi Germany. It can be traced to the beginnings of Christianity, with the fake news reported in...
New Film Chronicles the Surprising Story of Jewish Renewal in Africa
Suppose you're a young Jewish woman on a six-month volunteer mission with a women's rights group in Ghana. Your passion for women's issues helps you dismiss...
The Holocaust: A Homework Assignment for Ben Carson (VIDEO)
Campaigning for president is no picnic. Once a person is committed to running, he or she can say goodbye to a normal life. The trip to...
A Psychologist Replays the Trials of Jesus and Paul, and Uncovers Surprising Revelations About Judaism
I'm a psychologist, so when I explored the New Testament to gain a better understanding of Jewish-Christian relations, I naturally drew on familiar psychological principles...
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...
Should the Swastika be Rehabilitated or Forever Damned? A Surprising Debate
When I was growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, I had a friend named Billy Tracy. I admired his name since I was a fan...
Are You Defying God’s Will By Rejecting Measles Vaccination?
Many religious fundamentalists rationalize their rejection of measles (and other) vaccinations by claiming "We have faith in God, not man." In his February 10,...
Was Jesus Crucified for Being a Militaristic Rebel?
The question of who killed Jesus has been debated since his crucifixion more than two thousand years ago. Judas Iscariot and Jews collectively have been...
Christian or Jewish Gospel Figures? The Answer Will Surprise You
Here (left) is the book cover of Gospel Figures in Art by Stefano Zuffi. It contains more than 300 photos of Renaissance paintings, which were inspired...
Correcting Jesus’ Image in Christian Artwork
Painter and architect Rod Borghese and I conceived a triptych consisting of three images of Jesus based on the painting Christ in a Landscape by 16th-century...
Removing Jesus’ Jewish Identity From Artwork
In a strong statement that challenges the historic divide between Christianity and Judaism, Pope Francis recently proclaimed, "Inside every Christian is a Jew." But if...
Responding to Bill O’Reilly: Jesus Didn’t Start a New Religion
Bill O'Reilly disputed the two main points of my recent HuffPost blog on his July 16 The O'Reilly Factor broadcast: My affirmation of Jesus' lifelong dedication to Judaism...
