Posts Tagged: history of Judaism
Why Judaism — and the World — Needs a Messianic Vision
The course of human civilization, if one can use that term, has progressed and continues to, in a series of slow cycles. The German philosopher...
The People of the Journey
JNS.org - “To be a Jew is to be on a journey,” writes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his commentary on the upcoming weekly Torah portion...
The Legacy of Judah Halevi
Judah Halevi is one of my all-time favorite Jews. Born in Toledo, Spain in 1075, he had a traditional Torah and Talmudic education. He was...
Family and Community: The Secrets of Jewish Endurance
The arrest of David and Louise Turpin in Perris, California, earlier this week was immediately followed by details of one of the most disturbing news stories...
Orthodox Jews and Art
Aesthetics plays an important part in the theological and philosophical tradition that started in Greece, and flowed right through the Christian intellectual world to the...