Sergiu Simmel
Question: Was Abraham a Jew? Answer: Hi! “Was Abraham a Jew” is an interesting question, and one that may be impossible to answer. It comes down to definitions. He wasn’t a party to the covenant made at Mount Sinai, and thus he wasn’t...
Question: Why was it determined by the Rabbis that the 24 books of the Bible only include those books and not more?Why weren’t other holy books, written later in time, included in the Bible ? Answer: The Bible (Tanach) isn’t a collection...
Question: Judaism believes that the Jewish calendar begins at the time Adam is created on the 6th day (because time is for people). Currently this time is 5770 years, the Jewish year. How does Judaism reconcile civilizations around the world that archaeologists...
At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting in Washington on Thursday, Committee Chair John Kerry and ranking Republican Richard Lugar (no friend of Israel) slammed both Israel and the ‘Palestinians’ for the ‘lack of progress’...
President Obama’s second cousin is a conservative blogger who bills himself as ‘12% pure hope’ (Hat Tip: Jammie via Twitter). He’s a doctor – I assume the same doctor who has been widely quoted by conservative bloggers regarding...
The Chief Justice of Israel’s Supreme Court, Dorit Beinish, has suggested that Jews be stopped from praying at the grave of Shimon HaTzadik (Simon the Righteous) for an hour so that ‘Palestinians’ may be allowed to demonstrate there...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown used an op-ed in London’s Daily Telegraph to announce that his government will be taking action to put an end to politically motivated arrests of foreign leaders under Britain’s universal jurisdiction statute....
Eretz Nehederet is a comedy/satire that is shown in Israel on Friday nights. I discussed it previously here.Friday night’s episode included the Purim story, played by contemporary politicians. The JPost raises concerns that the show was racist....
When I ran the story about Joltin’ Joe Biden’s meeting with the ‘Jewish leaders’ on Wednesday, I wondered aloud whether J Street was invited to the meeting and whether the ‘pro-settler’ organizations (National Council...
