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68The Rabbi and The Emperor
Although I probably could have written this article under the 'Why Karaism' banner I decided that it warranted to be placed separately under some other category that had as little association with Karaism as...
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60Why Karaism: Idolators
“Abodah Zarah?” you ask, “Isn’t that from the Talmud?” Yes it is. “But isn’t it about idolators?” you continue. And once again I say, “Yes it is.” But more importantly it is using what the...
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63Esoteric Prague Part 2
In the Old Town area of Prague in the heart of Josefov, the Jewish quarter, stands an unprepossessing building that hides within its walls a secret. In the attic of the Old-New Synagogue there is a genizah, a...
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62A Karaite Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur also known as the Day of Atonement, is nearly upon us and it is the very last of the 10 Days of Awe, that period beginning with Yom Teruah on the first of the seventh month Tishrei. Yom Kippur by...
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51Banned by the Rabbis
Banned by the Rabbis The Rabbis do not actually ban books, they just turn their nose up and that is enough since for the Jewish People, the People of the Book, rely upon the Rabbis to weed out text...
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56Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, Part 4
Torah Portions from the book of B'midbar (Numbers) Here continues the study of Y'shua as the Messiah as foretold and foreshadowed in the Torah, beginning with the first portion from the book of numbers,...
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74Don't Mess With The Zohar
No, this hub has nothing to do with Adam Sandler nor with bad slapstick movies. Anyway, he was called the Zohan in that movie, not the Zohar. The Zohar of this hub refers to the Kabbalahistic book that is...
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70The Bunnyman of Clifton
In 1904, Fairfax Country residents in Virginia successfully petitioned to have a nearby insane asylum/prison closed in Clifton. This meant that the current inmates had to be transfered to another facility. ...
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67Tears in Heaven
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I write this following article. I don’t know why it has hit me so hard because it’s not as if it was anything new that the ultra-Orthodox Rabbanites have...
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66What would you have done? - Avoiding anachronistic judgementalism in the church
My daughter Katie is 24 now with children of her own, but I well remember when she was only 8 or 9-years-old her asking me: “Dad! Did they have colour television during the First World War?” It may sound...
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