Archive for 'Spring 2009'
Spiritual Insights
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Twinkies and Root Beer A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and he started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The man was [...]
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Insights Into Islam
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by admin.
What is the Quran? The Quran is a record of the exact words revealed by God through the Angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad. It was memorized by Muhammad and then dictated to his Companions, and written down by scribes, who cross-checked it during his lifetime. Not one word of its 114 chapters, Suras, has [...]
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People
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Cardinal Christoph Schonborn The Cardinal-Archbishop of Vienna, Austria, criticized the Vatican for the way it handled the lifting of the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson and his views of the Holocaust. The Cardinal said, “Someone (Bishop Williamson) who denies the Holocaust, denies the Shoah, cannot be restored to an office in the Church.” Rabbi Yehuda [...]
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Biblical Information
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by admin.
1. LANGUAGES OF THE BIBLE The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Most of the Old Testament (Jewish Scriptures) was written in Hebrew, which has an alphabet of 22 letters (all capitals) and no vowels. The New Testament was written in Greek. Christians wrote their Scriptures in Greek because it was [...]
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The Late Pope Pius XII Controversy
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The recent Inside Vatican Magazine article said: “It now seems that Israeli authorities are willing to re-examine their position on Pius. That position has been dramatically summarized by the display at Yad Vashem, Israel’s national museum to commemorate the Shoah, on the wartime pontiff. This display states that Pius XII was ‘silent’ about the Holocaust [...]
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A Vatican Problem
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Recently Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunications of four schismatic bishops of Archbishop Lefebvre’s Traditionalist Society of St. Pius X who were ordained in 1988 without the Pope’s permission. This group has about 600,000 members and rejects modernizations of Roman Catholic Liturgical services and doctrines. The problem exists with one of the bishops, the British [...]
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A Pioneer Is Dead
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The New Year – 2009 – opened on a very sad note for Catholic-Jewish Relations. On January 25th, Rabbi Leon Klenicki passed away at the age of 78. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 7, 1930, to parents who emigrated from Poland in the 1920’s. He received a master’s degree and rabbinical diploma [...]
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Jewish Conservative Movement Problem
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The international president of the Conservative movement’s synagogue arm has agreed to meet with a group of 50 influential Rabbis, cantors and lay leaders pressing for swift and radical change. This prominent and influential group includes Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan, Gordon Tucker of Westchester, David Wolpe of Los Angeles, and [...]
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Israel Trip
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
It has been officially announced that the Pope will visit Israel May 11-15. The Pope will spend May 11-12 in Jerusalem, the 13th he will go to Bethlehem and the 14th to Nazareth. There will be three public masses in those cities. There are meetings scheduled with the Israeli and Palestinian Authority presidents. Also there [...]
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The pope and the Italian Rabbis
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The assembly of Italian Rabbis, headed by Giuseppe Laras, has decided to suspend Jewish participation in the annual “Day for the Exploration and Development Between Catholics and Jews” event in Rome. This day event has been held every year since 1990 with the Italian bishops. The reasons are: 1) the introduction of the ancient prayer [...]
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