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From the ancient synagogue at Capernaum:
(photo felix hominum, 2007)
A temple on wheels, with some classical overtone in the architecture? a travelling ark? the mobility of Judaism after the destruction of the Temple?
For real buffs on ancient synaguges, you can read:
Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery
By Dan Urman, Paul [...]
The burning of hundreds of New Testaments by yeshiva students in Or Yehuda last week was regrettable and unplanned, the city’s deputy mayor, the man who spurred the students to act, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Deputy Mayor Uzi Aharon of Shas used the opportunity of speaking to the Post, which publishes a monthly [...]
Some traditional Passover shtick, from animator Dan Meth. It come out a few years ago in promotion of Sam Apple’s book “Schlepping Through the Alps”. Turn the volume up, and happy Pesach.
Next year, in Jerusalem.
Saudi King Abdullah’s desire to convene a meeting between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious communities was reported today by the official Saudi Arabian News Agency.
“I invite representatives of all the monotheistic religions to meet with their brothers in faith,” the king was quoted as saying. The theme of the expected conference was reported to [...]
Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a Jew who converted to Catholicism and rose through church hierarchy to become one of the most influential Roman Catholic figures in France, died Sunday, the Paris archbishop’s office said. He was 80…
World Jewish Congress (WJC) Deputy Secretary-General Maram Stern released a statement describing Lustiger as someone who “always knew what [...]
Traditionally the Temple Mount Faithful attempt to set up a foundation stone for the Third Temple on Tisha Be’av, and the police routinely prevent them from doing so. The occasion for this street theater is the anniversary of the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE and that of the Second Temple in 70 [...]
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