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“These are children who come here not knowing how to listen to a teacher or ask questions. We are preparing them for a normal education.”

In a schoolroom in the heart of the growing immigrant town of Beit Shemesh its Jewish origins dating back to biblical times Rabbi Pinchas Mazuz is conducting a boisterous class of teenage boys who attend this ... via The Belfast Telegraph

“I ask representatives of all the monotheistic religions to meet with their brothers in faith”

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Monday proposed inter-faith talks between Muslims, Christians and Jews in a first for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, the official SPA news agency reported. via Daily Times

“I explained that my mother decided to write this Torah in memory of her parents”

When Rochel Levin was a young girl, her father was arrested. This was not uncommon. via The Jewish News Weekly

“It gives you a chance to actually feel what Christ went through, because it's a steep hill”

Waving palm fronds, thousands of Christians from around the world celebrated Palm Sunday, walking the path they believe Jesus rode on his donkey as he entered Jerusalem days before his crucifixion. via Haaretz Daily News

“The Jew has always questioned”

Having grown up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Capers C. Funnye Jr. was encouraged by his pastor to follow in his footsteps. via Free Republic

“With this (visit) we want to take responsibility for the past ... we want to show clearly that Israel's right to exist is a permanent part of German foreign policy”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed solidarity with Israel in the face of threats to the Jewish state on Saturday, the eve of a three-day visit to the country, and said Iran must halt its nuclear program. via Reuters

“Creation of a genderless definition would fracture the centuries-old consensus about the meaning of marriage”

Churches weigh in on same-sex marriage The legal battle over same-sex marriage in California is also a clash of religions. via ScrippsNews

“The hope of your race for so many centuries will be gradually realized here”

Posted on November 9th, 2007 at 9:00 am by Soccerdad. Melanie Phillips' disturbing Britian's Anti-Semitic turn notes that: And now, in Britain and elsewhere, anti-Semitism has mutated again, its target shifting ... via Yourish.com

November 11, 2007 at 3:04 am Filed under Jews & Judaism , Politics & Society , Mideast Peace Some time ago I discovered what at the time I found to be a compelling progressive Jewish blog, JSpot . via Make the World a Better Place

“If I need to talk about the Middle East conflicts and the Israel-Palestine peace process, or to develop relations between Taiwan and Israel in scientific, agriculture or economic level in the jade market, I am not sure I would be able to do it there”

MINDED: Israeli Representative Raphael Gamzou said he sees similarities between the philosophy that drives Buddhist humanitarian work and Jewish beliefs By Shih Hsiu-chuan STAFF REPORTER Sunday, Nov 11, 2007, ... via Taipei Times

“Chabad is the religion closest to Judaism.”

A few months back I attended the inauguration ceremonies for Arnold Eisen, the new chancellor of the Conservative movement's Jewish Theological Seminary. via Jerusalem Post

In 2002 Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was kidnapped and killed by terrorists in Pakistan.

In memory and honor of his son, Judea Pearl, a professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, started a dialogue on reconciliation with an Islamic scholar, Akbar Ahmed.

The dialogue has continued for four years in 15-20 settings, reaching thousands of Jews, Muslims and Christians throughout the country and abroad.

On Nov. 13 the 'Daniel Pearl Dialogue for Muslim-Jewish Understanding' will take place at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village. It is part of the Festival of Faiths, which runs through Nov. 18 with events aimed at building relationships between people of all faiths. Read more

“Then, what's the point of having faith in God? What would his purpose be for us?”

Q: I was raised Episcopalian. As a young adult, I went through a period of searching for 'the truth' and had atheistic thoughts. via The Orlando Sentinel

Please Contact President Bush at President Bush "While Jerusalem is mentioned over eight hundred times in the Jewish Bible, it is not mentioned one time in the Koran. via Free Republic

“After agonizing searching and denials from the Iranian authorities telling my mother to go and come for 26 years, she found out from a two-sentence letter that they indeed have killed my father and that they want to pay restitution for his blood”

Kaveh Lahijani, left, and Rabbi Eli Goorevitch. Photo by Karmel Melamed On a spring morning in 1980, following the turbulent Islamic revolution in Iran, Isaac Lahijani, an affluent Jewish architect and real ... via The Jewish Journal

The rabbinical head of the British reform movement, Rabbi Tony Bayfield, wrote in Ha'aretz that reform/liberal Jews can "bridge the abyss," and join forces with secular Jews in Israel and the Diaspora. via Jewish Exponent

“The U.N. has participated in expunging this experience from the Mideast narrative and from the U.N. narrative”

Posted on November 6th, 2007 at 11:30 am by Soccerdad. According the AP Secretary Rice is appealing to history in her quest for Mideast peace "We view the situation as qualitatively different than it has been, ... via Yourish.com

“From what I understand, this is the first time in 14 years that visa violations resulted in people being thrown in jail.”

The arrest of 13 American yeshiva students in Russia last week has sparked a vigorous war of words within Russia's most powerful Jewish organization. via Forward

“If we and the Palestinians act with determination, there is a chance that we can achieve real accomplishments”

Insanity, Albert Einstein supposedly said, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. via Town Hall

The father of a 12-year-old boy told the Oregon Supreme Court that he should be allowed to arrange for his son to be circumcised, even if his ex-wife has concerns about the procedure. via Guardian Unlimited