Jewish Religion and Thought
The total number of arrests in the case are now up to five.
Germany’s military will consist of rabbis for the first time in nearly a century, making its pastoral services available for the some 300 Jews serving in the Bundeswehr.
The site, dated from the first century C.E. until the Bar-Kochba Revolt in 135 C.E., also appears to contain underground hidden passageways used by the Jewish rebels.
Hikers who visited the site were appalled by what they found: Human remains were strewn everywhere, the catacombs were thoroughly ransacked and looted, and the sarcophagi (burial caskets) that had been resting in the caves for more than 2,500 years had disappeared.
Ethiopian Airlines officials delivered 2-pound bags of scorched earth to families with which to conduct burial and memorial ceremonies, and death certificates are expected to be forthcoming.
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau served in his position for 32 years and operated a kosher-certification supervision organization, in addition to overseeing other religious issues for the city.
After a brutal beating during home invasion, Chief Rabbi of Argentina Gabriel Davidovich tells local paper, “I’m not angry and don’t want revenge” • He is hesitant to call attack anti-Semitic.
Gabriel Davidovich taken to hospital in serious condition • Attackers tied up his wife, told him they knew he was rabbi that leads local umbrella group AMIA • Israeli officials condemn attack • Netanyahu: “We must not let anti-Semitism rear its head.”
Thirty-five soldiers from the haredi paratrooper company known as Chetz received their red berets on Thursday in a ceremony that took place at Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill.
“The greatest challenge these men and woman face is how to transmit Judaism to people with no connection,” said Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum.
“Past experience has proven without a shadow of a doubt that any withdrawals only embolden the terrorists to increase terrorism and instability in the region,” the rabbis said.
Former Knesset member Professor Aryeh Eldad purports in a surprising and documented analysis of the fathers of Zionism: Judaism is an indivisible amalgam of religion and nationality.
