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Allen S. Maller
Feb 12, 2025, 9:47 PM
Very Many Jewish Groups for One God
While Judaism and the Jewish People have always been one religion and one nation; their one wholeness has always been the sum of many very different parts. In Biblical days, the People of Israel were divided into three or four...
Allen S. Maller
Feb 10, 2025, 4:21 PM
Standing Under Sinai for a Must Loving Covenant
Dr. Tzvi Novick points out in an insightful article in the Times of Israel (May 25,2023) entitled “Standing Under Sinai: On the Origins of a Coerced Covenant” that a famous rabbinical Midrash narrative in Talmud Shabbat 88a teaches that at Mount...
Allen S. Maller
Feb 8, 2025, 4:20 PM
God is an Impassioned Lover of Believers
Religion, like intelligence and language. can be used for both good and evil purposes, but this is also true of culture, science, politics and all other important human activities. Almost all revealed religions teach that humans have a pre-birth...
Allen S. Maller
Feb 4, 2025, 3:02 PM
Non-Jews who desire to become Jews Should Be Welcomed
An Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry committee said in a statement that more than 50 million non-Jewish people worldwide have an affinity with Judaism or Israel, including both groups and individuals who could be screened for potential conversion and immigration...
Brandon Marlon
Jan 29, 2025, 6:19 AM
Jewish History: The Proselytes (Part 4/4: Modern)
The Modern Era Born in 16th-century Germany, Conrad Victor was raised a Christian, married, and became professor of classical languages at University of Marburg in Hesse (central Germany). He struggled with his native faith and particularly was unable to accept...
Brandon Marlon
Jan 28, 2025, 7:19 PM
Jewish History: The Proselytes (Part 3/4: Medieval)
The Medieval Era Yusuf As’ar Yath’ar (Dhu Nuwas/Zur’ah/Masruq) (r. c. 515/517–525 CE) – The final and most famous Jewish king of Himyar. Various sources relate that he was the great-grandson of Abu Karib As’ad and the son of Sharhabil Yakkuf; that...
Brandon Marlon
Jan 28, 2025, 8:33 AM
Jewish History: The Proselytes (Part 2/4: Classical)
The Classical Era Antipater II the Idumean was the son of Antipas (Antipater I), governor of Idumea first under King Yannai Alexander of Judea then under Queen Shlomtzion (Salome Alexandra) of Judea. Antipas and Antipater—members of an affluent and distinguished...
Brandon Marlon
Jan 27, 2025, 9:33 PM
Jewish History: The Proselytes (Part 1/4: Ancient)
From the Abrahamic precedent comes the Judaic belief that origins are nondeterminative of destiny. That said, Judaism is not a proselytizing religion, and admission thereto has historically been discouraged and prohibitive. Nevertheless, in every epoch and in numerous places—despite the...
Austin Reid
Jan 19, 2025, 6:25 PM
What 19th-Century Jewish Converts Can Teach Us About Today
In December 1864, Ada Walker stood before the congregation of Beneh Abraham in Portsmouth, Ohio, and formally embraced Judaism. Her story, and others like it, reveal a moment in Jewish history that challenges common assumptions about conversion—one that may...
Michael Feldstein
Jan 16, 2025, 11:03 PM
A Look Back at Edah
In 1999, Edah organized its first of several conferences on the state of Modern Orthodoxy. It was an exciting time for the Orthodox community – more than 1,000 people attended that conference, in which cutting-edge topics such as the...
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