Eric J. Greenberg
By Eric J. Greenberg
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News Troubles Mount for Effort To Rescue Temple Artifacts
Israeli archaeologists are threatening to pull the plug on a historic effort to rescue invaluable artifacts from Judaism’s ancient First and Second Temples because the project has run out of money. Organizers and supporters of the rescue project are blaming the Israeli government for failing to fund the initiative, which marks the first time in…
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News A Few Sour Notes Emerge Amid Cheers For New Pope
After the death of Pope John Paul II, many interfaith experts lamented that there would never again be a pontiff forged by a personal confrontation with the Holocaust. They were dead wrong. In tapping Joseph Ratzinger to be the 265th pope since the advent of Christianity two millennia ago, his 115 fellow cardinals selected a…
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News Extremists Set To Mark Milestones
American extremist groups are preparing to celebrate a series of notorious anniversaries next week, prompting concerns about increased efforts to recruit a new generation into the numerous white supremacist and anti-government organizations operating across the country. The planned celebrations center on two dates: April 19, the day in 1993 that federal agents stormed the Branch…
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News Roman Rabbi Mentioned in Pope’s Will
In a surprise twist being described as a message from beyond the grave, Pope John Paul II mentioned the “rabbi of Rome” in his will — one of only two living people to be singled out. Elio Toaff, the former chief rabbi of Rome referred to in the will, said his inclusion should be taken…
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News Interfaith Leaders Ponder Future of Jewish-Catholic Ties
With the passing of Pope John Paul II, Jewish and Catholic interfaith leaders are voicing concern that future pontiffs could fail to carry on his groundbreaking efforts to deepen relations with the Jewish people. “We know [John Paul’s] teachings while he was alive,” said Rabbi James Rudin, senior interreligious adviser at the American Jewish Committee….
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News Hoax Shines Light on JTS Policy on Gays
An anonymous Jewish women’s group threw a monkey wrench into a Jewish Theological Seminary celebration Tuesday when it issued a fake press release announcing that the Conservative movement was set to unveil a historic plan to ordain gay and lesbian rabbis. The group, Jewish Women Watching, has claimed credit for the bogus press release, which…
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News Feminists Criticized Over Silence
Posted on the Web site of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance is a prayer composed by Rabbi Mordecai Tendler on behalf of agunot — Jewish women who are unable to obtain a religious divorce decree from their husbands. Tendler’s touching supplication, asking God to “deliver all the agunot from the bonds of their plight,” aptly…
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News Less Gory ‘Passion’ Still Raises Hackles
In an effort to make his bloody blockbuster about the death of Jesus more palatable, Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has edited about six minutes of violent footage from his 2004 hit, “The Passion of the Christ.” The film, which some scholarly critics say ahistorically blames Jews for Jesus’ death while promoting ancient anti-Jewish stereotypes, reopened…
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