Posts Tagged ethnicity
A Picture of Judaism in Israel
Posted by Joel in Messianic Judaism on August 14, 2010
Is Jewishness a function of religion, culture or nationality? According to the High Court, it is all of them at once.
In a fascinating legal decision that touches on the very core of Jewish/Israeli identity, the country’s supreme legal authority ruled last week that a woman who converted to Christianity and immigrated to Germany could not regain her Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, even though two Orthodox rabbinical courts – in London and in Tel Aviv – had determined that she was Jewish.
However, in their precedent-making decision, the three justices – Neal Hendel, Elyakim Rubinstein and Hanan Meltzer – gave the woman the option of regaining citizenship if she could prove to the Interior Ministry her renewed commitment to the Jewish people.
Editorial: A path back to Judaism.
I think it is pertinent, especially to the discussions we have in this country about what is an American (in regards to religion)…
Articles on Christian Identity
Posted by Joel in Arnold Murray, Theology on July 19, 2009
JB at The White Report has posted two new articles on the Christian Identity Movement. They are dated, but due to a recent rise of inane comments on Twitter, Facebook, etc… the ideas of this group seem to be spreading.
Anyway, the articles are here and here.
Although the Christian Identity movement is outside the mainstream of Christianity, it does serve as an affront to Christianity. It bothers me, quickly, when someone comes preaching that garbage on this site, and it gets my temper rising fast. If you visit the comments on the posts about Arnold Murray, you will note that my temper flies very fast, so forgive that, but bare in mind, we all have faults.
I am filing it under Arnie M because he is one of the most well known hatemongers out there.
