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What Is the Mission Statement of Judaism?

“One sheep you shall offer in the morning and the second sheep in the afternoon”
by: Rabbi YY Jacobson
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Bill Gates and GM
Bill Gates is spending the day with the chairman of General Motors.
“If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades,” boasts Gates, “you would now be driving [...]

Study: Access to Internet Brings Happiness‎

When it comes to mental health, the Internet gets a bad rap. There are countless studies that suggest regular access to the Internet is linked to stress, anxiety and addiction. But before you stop tweeting and toss out your iPhone, it turns out that spending time on the Web could actually be making you happier.
A [...]

Is G-d Spiritually Profiling? In Defense Of The “Chosen” Doctrine

In truth, all of humanity tends to indulge in the “Chosen” concept. Nations like religions all see themselves as special. Believe it or not the word China means “Center of the universe.”
In Defense Of The “Chosen” Doctrine
By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.
It’s The Jews Again!
Jerusalem (SatireWire.com) Update — Jews, whose troubled, 10,000-year term as G-d’s [...]

Is Prayer a Waste of Time?

Question of the Week:
I have a lot of trouble praying. I sit in synagogue and as soon as I start to read the words, my mind wanders. Even when I read the English I find it hard to focus. I suddenly start thinking about work issues or what’s for dinner, anything but the prayers. Am [...]

Question of the Week: What does G-d look like?

Question of the Week:
My kids keep asking me theological questions I can’t answer. Yesterday my five year old insisted he wanted to know “What does G-d look like?” I had no idea what to say….
Answer:
Sometimes the best thing you can tell your child is “I don’t know.” You teach your much child more by being [...]

“I” and Y-O-U: The “Why” between “I” “Owe” “You”

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Bracha Ebriani
USC ‘10
Be-True, Campus Representative
“I” and Y-O-U: The “Why” between “I” “Owe” “You”
“Man says he wants to bring peace to others, but in order to do that he must first find it within his own life” (Muhaiyaddeen, 8). The current state of most Americans has transformed from one of resistance for the plight of [...]

Jeremiah Chapter 19 and 20

This weekly Tanach Podcast with Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Blumenthal has been brought to you by Jews for Judaism.

The Missionary Climate in Australia: A Student’s Perspective

By Yehoshua Nagel
Growing up in Sydney, Australia, the Jewish community seemed to be perpetually aware and concerned with issues of Jewish continuity in regards assimilation, intermarriage as well as physical threats. However, the issue of missionaries and peer-to-peer proselytizing was either disregarded, or completely ignored. This was exemplified by a friend in Adelaide who described [...]

Fast of the 17th of Tammuz

On the 9th of July 2009 will be the fast of the 17th of Tammuz, the Mishnah says (my translation):
“Five things befell our fathers on the seventeenth of Tammuz, and five on the ninth of Av. On the seventeenth of Tammuz, the Tablets [10 Commandments] were destroyed, the Tamid [sacrifice] was stopped, the city [Jerusalem] [...]

Second Annual Be-True Conference: February 22th 2009

The second annual Be True Conference brought together Jewish students from across Southern California as well as students from Arizona to “understand, promote and strengthen Jewish identity” against missionary activities and challenges to their faith.