Tag: Judaism
Jews come in all colors, but they shouldn’t be defined by race alone
For those who follow it, Jewish demography has always been a contact sport. But when it comes to the question of how many “Jews of color” are there really in the United States, the...
Holy smokes! Ancient Israelites burned cannabis, according to researchers
As part of getting spiritually high, ancient Israelites apparently burned cannabis on altars during rituals, the first proof of a mind-altering substance being used to attract worshippers, according to a study published on May 28 in...
Return to Eden
Dear Reader — if you are looking to be happy, creative, in harmony with God and with the universe, the Torah has the answer — Return to the Source.
When we speak about Returning to...
Lag B’Omer: the Jewish holiday of bonfires and marshmallows!
This is a Judaism celebrated annually on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer (which is the 49 day period between Passover and Shavuot in the Jewish calendar, which according to the Torah...
Fauci to Orthodox Jews: Phase in communal prayer as virus restrictions are lifted
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, had a message on Thursday for Orthodox Jews: Phase in communal prayer as local coronavirus restrictions are being lifted.
“The kind of...
May 5, 475: The Talmud, completed
Rabbi Ravina ben Huna, known as Ravina II, head of the Jewish academy at Sura, a key center of learning in Babylonia, is said to have died on this date in 475. Tradition holds...
Muslims and Jews: The ‘original grudge’ theory
In 2013, Princeton University Press published “A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day,” the first encyclopaedia on the history of relations between Jews and Muslims from the birth of...
Don’t break quarantine in the name of Judaism
“A clever person sees evil and hides, but simpletons pass on and are punished” — Proverbs 22:3.
This verse was cited by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Horodoker, writing from Tiberias in the aftermath of an epidemic...
Lady Kitty Spencer, Princess Diana’s niece, is reportedly converting to Judaism
Lady Kitty Spencer, the niece of the late Princess Diana of Wales, is converting to Judaism to marry Jewish fashion tycoon Michael Lewis.
It will be the second marriage for Lewis, a South Africa native...