#Judaism

Most of what I want to say about the NYT piece up today by the interfaith-raised author who’s now leaving Hanukkah is: @18Doors_org does amazing work around interfaith families &
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like, we have a text that uses the language of divine kingship frequently to convey a moral imperativeif God is truly your leader, you will follow these lawsJesus talks about
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Jewish Insider's @matthewkassel just keeps scooping the entire political media ecosystem on Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who here discusses how it is hard to proselytize to religious Jews because they don't
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apologizing and changing your behavior is a productive way to move forward from a misstep. people need grace when they mess up. they can't be thrown away. the apology and
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1. Thread: I had some thoughts on the current trend in Hareidi Judaism of erasing women in the name of "modesty." 2. First, to cover some basics. As I demonstrate
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1/ Last week I asked you if, in your opinion, Eru Ilúvater has a body or not. 67% of you said no. But in the Ainulindalë Eru lifts his left
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Words have power.I don't think anyone will deny that.Words have the power to encourage, discourage, and teach.Sometimes those words are used to indoctrinate.Twitter uses those words every day. Who do
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#teaching medieval Judaism: #thread #medievaltwitter Arthurian/chivalric lit: there are 2 rewritings which work well & reflect medieval Jewish culture and values. Translated into EnglishMeleck Artus (1279) Grail=charity bowl!Bevis of Ha
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This pre-Islamic bismillah, inscribed by someone visiting a cave in South Arabia to meditate, like prophet Muhammad much later in Makkah, upends a lot of traditionally held Islamic beliefs. Raḥmān
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The Beginning: Part 1Khazaria was destroyed by both Russia and Persia (now Iran) in approximately 1250 AD, and with good reason.Russia and Persia had repeatedly instructed Khazarian leadership that as
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Alright, it's time for my @threadapalooza - 100 tweets (if I can limit myself) on:Judaism Is Not Christianity 2. When I was in Yeshiva, a certain Rabbi once explained the
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At a certain point, someone must have taken the decision that Progressive/Reform/Liberal Judaism was the Left of the Labour Party at shul (like the Church of England used to be
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Discovered help from fourth-century bishop, Eusebius of Caesarea, for interpreting today’s Parable of the Talents, in order to read it with Middle Eastern eyes, where the one-talent hoarder is the
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Finally had a chance to read @abrahamjoseph fascinating personal essay/profile of Yehuda Hakohen — though I don’t think I agree with the opinion framing.Few of thoughts below but it’s well
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Today I saw @StopAntisemites on twitter attacking a young Hindu woman who was concerned about the ancient Hindu swastika being mislabeled as a symbol of hate. It’s a truly ancient
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thread on how Jews use (and don't use) God's name!! a lot of non-Jews don't know much about this, so please use the info to be more respectful of your
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