Jewish Israel's Blog Posts Tagged 'Rabbi Riskin' (5)

Jesus gets Smicha and a Hechsher from Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Many Jews are left scratching their heads with regards to what can possibly be wrong with Jews attending CUFI events and basking in the glory of unremitting Christian love and support.

Apart from hobnobbing…

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Added by Jewish Israel on August 14, 2011 at 11:30am — 7 Comments

Invoking Melchizedek - or Jesus - in Jerusalem?

A former Southern Baptist, who has since converted to Judaism, contacted Jewish Israel after hearing the opening invocation given by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin at CUFI’s Night to Honor Israel, which was held in Jerusalem on March 8th.…

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Added by Jewish Israel on March 16, 2010 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

The ugly side of interfaith beautification politics

Two years ago this writer expressed great reservations over the significant role the Ohr Torah Stone's Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding & Cooperation (CJCUC) in Efrat was playing in the Vatican’s attempts to rehabilitate and canonize Pope Pius XII.

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Added by Jewish Israel on January 18, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Not waiting for Armageddon

"With Orthodox Judaism, deep down inside," says Ray Sanders, the director of Christian Friends of Israel, "there's no love, there's no hope. There's no future." ---JPost Review of Waiting for Armageddon

Well, that rather dismal view of Torah Judaism sounds downright weird coming from folks who look forward to the end of the world and… Continue

Added by Jewish Israel on January 10, 2010 at 8:37pm — 3 Comments

No Christmas War in Israel

Bill O’Reilly eat your heart out, because while “the War on Christmas” rages in America, secular Israelis –on a government level – have no problem stepping on Jewish sensitivities in the Jewish State. Official declarations of “Merry Christmas”, “Season’s Greetings”, and “Happy New Year “ are ringing forth from Jerusalem, and all of the state’s apparatchiks seem to be getting into… Continue

Added by Jewish Israel on December 26, 2009 at 8:00pm — 7 Comments