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Jews are a religion. We are a people. We are an ethnicity. These are all true to an extent, yet none of these is the entire answer. A few years ago, geneticists published the startling finding that the original Ashkenazic community, consisting of...
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In a previous series, I brought the words of RAMBAM, showing that his views on conversion are identical to the Talmud, with the exception of the fact that he includes the acceptance of "Jewish fundamentals", which are not included in the Talmudic...
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We see in the Torah that there are two kinds of "Gerim" (converts).The "Righteous", or Full Convert, who becomes a Jew in every way, and the Ger Toshav (Resident Alien) who has the right to dwell among us, even in the Land of Israel, and who is to...
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Although RAMBAM considered Christianity "in all its forms" to be idolatrous, and such a belief would disqualify a person from being a Noachide, from at least the thirteenth century, many disagreed strongly. The bases for the disagreement are...
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I find it remarkable, and a sign of Jewish optimism, that out of the depths of Christian persecution of the Jews, rabbis were making every effort to find interpretations that Christianity is not necessarily idolatry. Besides the issue of Shituf...
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I want to make it clear that my intent in these posts is not to try and undersatnd Jesus, nor to try and show how "evil" Christianity is. My intent is to show that, despite all the horrific crimes Christians comitted against the Jews, we should,...
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I mentioned in my last post, that Noachidism (the Fearers of the L-rd) was quite popular in the first century BCE and for some time afterwards. We must add a question. Why did it not survive? Why was it so easily defeated and replaced by...
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The big question is, in my opinion, can Torah offer the non-Jew a meaningful spiritual life, without the necessity of conversion? We must address two issues here. First, there is great suspicion, or even fear, among many Jews of the non-Jewish...
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In the late eighteenth century, the new Hasidic movement was maligned, persecuted, and even excommunicated in Eastern Europe. Without going through the various theories, mostly fanciful, about why the hate and violence occurred, the plain fact was...
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In my last post, I advocated for independent communities of Converts, Noachides, and Baalei Teshuvah. I believe that these three groups have far more in common with each other, than any of them have in common with the wider Jewish community that...
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