Judaism, Christianity and Religious Pluralism
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February 15, 2017
by Eugene Korn “Why was Adam created alone? [I.e. Why did all humanity emerge from one person?]… To tell of the glory of The Holy
Does Esau Always Hate Jacob?
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July 1, 2015
Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn Every young Jewish child learns early in his Torah education that “Esav Soneh l’Yaakov”—Esau hates Yaakov. The original statement is found
The Freedom to be a Holy People
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January 21, 2014
By Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn In synagogues this month, we read the glorious Jewish march from Egyptian slavery to freedom. When the Jewish people emerge
Nurturing Relations with Christians in Israel
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January 1, 2013
BY DR. FAYDRA L. SHAPIRO The Christmas season had newspapers in Israel trotting out the regular seasonal articles about Christians in Bethlehem, about how the
The Cost of Hate
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September 16, 2012
BY Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn Toward the end of his life, Moses instructed the Jewish people: “Do not hate the Egyptian, because you were a
Speaking out against mosque desecration
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January 15, 2012
Across the world, people were outraged by the news that mosques in Israel had been desecrated and racist graffiti scrawled across their walls. Israeli Jews
Judaism, Christianity and Religious Pluralism
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February 15, 2017
by Eugene Korn “Why was Adam created alone? [I.e. Why did all humanity emerge from one person?]… To tell of the glory of The Holy One, for when a person mints many coins from the same die, all the coins
Does Esau Always Hate Jacob?
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July 1, 2015
Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn Every young Jewish child learns early in his Torah education that “Esav Soneh l’Yaakov”—Esau hates Yaakov. The original statement is found in Bereishit Rabbah, but it was Rashi who etched it in the minds of Torah
The Freedom to be a Holy People
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January 21, 2014
By Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn In synagogues this month, we read the glorious Jewish march from Egyptian slavery to freedom. When the Jewish people emerge triumphantly out of the Red Sea, they are finally emancipated from 210 years of cruel
Nurturing Relations with Christians in Israel
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January 1, 2013
BY DR. FAYDRA L. SHAPIRO The Christmas season had newspapers in Israel trotting out the regular seasonal articles about Christians in Bethlehem, about how the Jewish state cares for its Christian minority by distributing free Christmas trees, about how Christians
The Cost of Hate
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September 16, 2012
BY Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn Toward the end of his life, Moses instructed the Jewish people: “Do not hate the Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land” (Deut. 23:8). It was 40 years since the Jewish people had
Speaking out against mosque desecration
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January 15, 2012
Across the world, people were outraged by the news that mosques in Israel had been desecrated and racist graffiti scrawled across their walls. Israeli Jews felt ashamed. We asked ourselves: do the perpetrators have any understanding of Jewish history and