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Culture Q & A: How Do You Write A History Of The Bible?
The Bible may be the most-recognized book in the world, but its origins remain obscure. We can’t say with certainty who wrote much of it, when the bulk of it was composed or even where. But we now have a handy primer to the most significant theories about those questions in John Barton’s “The History…
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Fast Forward Christian Woman Who Dressed Orthodox, Tried To Convert Jewish Neighbors Lashes Out At Critics
One half of the Christian couple who dressed and acted like Orthodox Jews and tried to convert their neighbors wrote a Facebook post this week defending their actions and lambasting the “fake stories” that have brought “shame to Judaism.” Rivkah Joy Weber, who went by the name Rivkah Costello while living in the heavily-Jewish Chicago…
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Fast Forward Pastors Struggle With Synagogue Shooting Suspect’s Christian Roots
The religious background of the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed one woman in San Diego last weekend, and the articulation of Christian theology in a manifesto attributed to him, is setting off a debate among Christian pastors, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. John Earnest, the 19-year-old man who has pled not guilty in…
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News Jews Now Have A Faith-Based Alternative To Health Insurance. But It’s Risky.
Two years after Randy Mazie retired, he realized his family had a serious healthcare problem: His wife’s health insurance premiums had reached $1,400 a month. After some online research Mazie, who lives in Miami and used to run transportation for local public schools, found something he thought was a godsend: United Refuah HealthShare, a Jewish…
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Breaking News No Jews, LGBTQ Can Be Parents At This Adoption Agency But It Gets U.S. Funding
The Trump administration is allowing a South Carolina organization to receive federal foster care funding despite refusing to work with non-Christians or LGBTQ families. The decision, which the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday, violates a policy that forbids such discrimination for groups receiving federal funding. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster had asked…
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Fast Forward Ronald McDonald On The Cross Artwork Denounced By Israeli Christians
The pastor of Haifa’s Saint Elijah Cathedral condemned over the weekend an exhibition at the Haifa Museum of Art that includes a sculpture of a crucified Ronald McDonald. “We denounce the exhibition and the injury to the holiest symbol of Christianity by an institution that is supposed to serve citizens of all religions,” the Rev….
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The Schmooze Celebrities Are Doing A Diet Based On A Torah Passage
Film and TV star Chris Pratt announced that he will be going on “the Daniel Fast,” a 21-day partial fast based on a passage in the Book of Daniel, which originates in the “Writings” section of the Hebrew Bible. Pratt, a religious Christian beloved for his starring turns on “Parks And Recreation” and in “Guardians…
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Life Leaving The Doomsday Worldwide Church Of God — For Judaism
On Saturday mornings, my father roused us with, “Boys, girls, get up! You got to make hay while the sun shines!” We exited our rooms — there were two or three or four siblings per room, depending on the year, and we fought over access to the one bathroom. Then we ate a quick breakfast…
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