Jewish Religion

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 5,  called on Facebook to remove a “Jewish Ritual Murder” page that has been the subject of public criticism. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “The ‘Jewish Ritual Murder’ page on Facebook perpetuates age-old anti-Semitic propaganda, and it should

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Rabbi David Hartman, the distinguished exponent of contemporary Judaism, who died a year ago, built his monument while he was alive and named it after his father: the Shalom Hartman Institute. The Institute has become a powerful presence in Israel dedicated to opening the eyes of Israelis to pluralistic Judaism and

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In this week’s parasha the Children of Israel are commanded to build the Mishkan, the traveling Tabernacle (tent) in which they will worship God while traveling through the Sinai desert. Although the Torah records that God told the Israelites, “Build me a Sanctuary so that I may dwell

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Someone once told me that there is a lot of anonymous suffering in the world. The phrase haunted me as I was apprised recently of the death, in a residential fire, of a 45 year-old woman who was born with Down’s syndrome and who never spoke a word