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Feb.28.2013
The expression "Messianic Hope" is used by both Christians and Jews. Because Christians believe Jesus is the messiah, the anticipation of his return (Second Coming) is their "Messianic Hope". However, for Jews it is different. Recorded in the Old Testament of the bible, is the Jewish belief that a...
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Jan.29.2013
Lions, lions everywhere... no kidding. People love lions. The ancient Jews loved lions. Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Jews was referred to as a lion in the Book of Genesis. The lion became the symbol of the Israelite tribe of Jacob's son Judah so Judah also signifies lion. In times of...
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Jan.24.2013
Joanna was a steward for King Herod and is known in the biblical story as administering to Jesus. Joanna was among the group of women who went with Mary Magdalene to visit the tomb of Jesus. In the biblical history of Mary and Joseph, the name is also seen as Joanan. Joanan was Joseph's ancestor,...
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Jan.16.2013
The name Jared (or Jered) is seen in the history of the ancestry of Jesus. Jared was Enoch's father. Jared was a Judahite which meant he was an inhabitant of Judah or a member of the tribe of Judah. The name Jared means descent. Suellen Ocean is the author of Secret Genealogy a how-to for tracing...
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Dec.19.2012
Rachel (Rahel) is Hebrew and means "ewe". Rachel was Jacob's wife. The twelve tribes of Israel are all the descendants of “Jacob”, whose name later became “Israel”. The story is that Jacob worked for Rachel's father for seven years in order to earn her hand in marriage. Rachel's father tricked...
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Nov.15.2012
Written by Mattius Thuresson and directed by Barry Levinson, the film Avalon is, by far, my favorite intergenerational story. With its realistic mix of warm humor, sudden tragedy and triumph, the tender and beautiful film is reminiscent of...
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Sep.13.2012
Check out my new project, What Is Your Food Worth?
What Is Your Food Worth?Temple University's Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, in partnership with the Gershman Y, the National Museum of American Jewish History, and Congregation Rodeph Shalom, presents a unique two-year...
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Aug.26.2012
Photo: Lullaby's book cover, from Kirkus Reviews, at www.kirkusreviews.com
The title says it's "Robert B. Parker's Lullaby," and the copyright belongs to the estate of Robert B. Parker, but this novel, the first without Parker, is all Atkins. The names are the same, but the writing...
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Aug.09.2012
Where exactly is "The Promised Land"? And what's all the singing about the River Jordan? Isn't it interesting that the River Jordan is sung about by so many people from such diverse backgrounds? It was over three-thousand-years-ago above the River Jordan that Moses looked down upon the promised...
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Aug.03.2012
You'd be cryptic too if you were uprooted wherever you went. You can't blame your ancestors for keeping quiet about their Hebrew origins, they wanted to live. And so today, we live, because our ancestors said "enough already" and were eventually convinced into joining the Christian belief system....
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