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Jews and Christmas: A Bad Match

I know it’s dicey to write a critical reflection on Jews embracing Christmas. Hearing the inevitable chorus of “intolerant Scrooge” certainly gives me pause. But seeing a piece in The CJN this winter holiday season by Michael Taube (Jews and Christmas: enjoy the holiday) urging fellow Jews to celebrate the wrong holiday was too painful to ignore. My concern here is not, as Taube argues, an “obtuse hang-up” about Christmas. In a world where ideas, beliefs and religious expression have real mean

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Is the Term Messianic Jew Scriptural?

An Essay by Gerald Sigal It was in Antioch, Syria, that "the disciples [of Jesus] were first called Christians" (Acts 11:26). The term "Christian" (Greek, Christianos, "followers of Christos") is formed from Christos, "Christ," and indicates "Christ's adherent's," "those who belong to Christ," or are "devoted to Christ." It results from a common practice of the first century that identified adherents of an individual by attaching the termination -ianos (pl. -ianoi) to the name of the leader or

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 4 min read

The Council of My Nation - Law and Chosenness - Christian Objections to the Oral Law

E. Christian Objections to the Oral Law We now move on to those Christian objections directed against the Jewish belief in the unwritten teachings of Moses. This group of Christians recognize the eternal validity of the Law of Moses. These people accept that the Law of Moses in its entirety is incumbent upon all Jews at all times. Their difference with Judaism lies in their rejection of those teachings of Moses which are not recorded in the Five Books. The basis of this rejection is rooted in t

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 5 min read

The Council of My Nation - Idolatry - Anthropomorphisms

D. Anthropomorphisms Christians sometimes quote passages in scripture that speak of God in anthropomorphic terms. These passage may refer to God’s hands or feet, they may talk of God going down or up, in short these passages speak of God in a way that in a literal sense, would only be applicable to humans. Take the verse in Zechariah 14:4 which tells us that “His (God’s) feet shall stand that day on the Mount of Olives”. Christians understand this verse as a reference to physical feet of a huma

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read