Bible’s Different Authors Revealed By New Language Software
Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible. The new software analyzes style and word choices to distinguish parts of a single text written by different authors, and when applied to the Bible its algorithm teased out distinct writerly [...]
$1000 Dollar Reward Offered for Return of a “Holy” Dollar Bill
Materialists are often accused of worshipping money but they’re pikers compared to the congregation of the Chabad Palm Beach Synagogue in Florida. Until Tuesday night, they had a dollar bill which had been especially blessed by the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and last leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Hasidic Judaism. Before [...]
If You Have All Three…
I don’t know if it’s an original idea, but I love the way Blonde Nonbeliever phrases this: If you have a Bible on your bookshelf, you may be a Christian. If you have a Koran on your bookshelf, you may be a Muslim. If you have a Torah on your bookshelf, you may be Jewish. If you [...]
Rabbis Sentence Dog To Death
A Jerusalem rabbinical court recently sentenced a wandering dog to death by stoning. The cruel sentence stemmed from the suspicion that the spirit of a famous secular lawyer, who insulted the court’s judges 20 years ago, had been transferred into the dog’s body. Dog sentenced to death by stoning Rabbinical court rules spirit of [...]
The Tailor
Culture and confusion meet on a Brooklyn street, in this hilariously charming tale of similarities amid diversity. Film directed by Gordon Grinberg
Is There An Afterlife? Christopher Hitchens debates Shmuley Boteach
Christopher Hitchens debated Rabbi Shmuley at Cooper Union, New York on Thursday, September 16, 2010 Part 1 of 8 Part 2 of 8 Part 3 of 8 Part 4 of 8 Part 5 of 8 Part 6 of 8 Part 7 of 8 Part 8 of 8
Neo-Nazi Gets Maximum Sentence For Defiling 57 Jewish Graves – Huffington Post
Cook County Judge Larry Axelrood put his disdain for the defendant before him in no uncertain terms in his Skokie, Illinois courtroom on Friday. “You’re a person who’s bigoted and espouses hate,” he said to 24-year-old Mariusz Wdziekonski, as he gave the Polish immigrant the maximum sentence for two charges of felony vandalism. Wdziekonski was [...]
Oregon School Says Christmas Holiday Tree Must be Decorated With Muslim and Jewish Symbols – DailyTidings.com
By Hannah Guzik Ashland, Oregon public schools can display a decorated pine tree if it is surrounded by symbols from other religious holidays, but they should not display a Christmas tree alone, in order to remain religiously neutral, Superintendent Juli Di Chiro told the School Board Monday. District officials have implemented new holiday guidelines this [...]
