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Monday, October 5, 2020

Jews Aren't Perfect, and We Don't Have to Be

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Lots of Christians are puzzled by Jews. I hear it from them in many ways. "What's your solution to sin?" a young woman asked ...

Thursday, February 19, 2015

The Jewish Gospels, by Daniel Boyarin: a review

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Boyarin argues that when Jesus claimed to be a divine being as well as the anointed king, he was saying something other Jews would understa...

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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Davening the Lord's Prayer

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My parents used to sing us to sleep every night. One of the songs that took a regular turn in the repertory was The Lord's Prayer, th...

Saturday, January 25, 2014

The Novice's Tale, by Margaret Frazer: a review in brief.

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The coziest of cozies, since it's set in a cloistered convent, yet this book manages to touch on Chaucer, Henry VI, the laws of entai...

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

And When It Is Too Hard, Cry Out!

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Suffering in silence is not a Jewish virtue. When our ancestors were slaves in Egypt, according to the book of Exodus: The Israelites w...

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