Hebrew Scriptures: The binding of Isaac

If one reads a few verses below the Hebrew scriptures, one finds that the sacrifice was the ram caught in the thicket.
By Online Dec. 17, 2023

Hebrew scriptures: Singing sensation’s Jewish heritage

Newton-John was the granddaughter of one of the 20th century’s greatest scientists, the German Jewish physicist Max Born who worked with Albert Einstein and won the Nobel Prize (along with Walter Bothe) in 1954. Her family tree included professors and at least one rabbi.

By The Standard Aug. 21, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: Singing sensation’s Jewish heritage

Newton-John was the granddaughter of one of the 20th century’s greatest scientists, the German Jewish physicist Max Born who worked with Albert Einstein and won the Nobel Prize (along with Walter Bothe) in 1954. Her family tree included professors and at least one rabbi.

By The Standard Aug. 21, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: Mortality and meaning

To counter that sense of loss and bereavement, the Torah employs one of Judaism’s great principles: The Holy One, blessed be He, creates the remedy before the disease.[1] Before any of the deaths are mentioned we read about the strange ritual of the red heifer, which purified people who had been in contact with death — the archetypal source of impurity. That ritual, often deemed incomprehensible, is in fact deeply symbolic.

By The Standard Jul. 10, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: Mortality and meaning

To counter that sense of loss and bereavement, the Torah employs one of Judaism’s great principles: The Holy One, blessed be He, creates the remedy before the disease.[1] Before any of the deaths are mentioned we read about the strange ritual of the red heifer, which purified people who had been in contact with death — the archetypal source of impurity. That ritual, often deemed incomprehensible, is in fact deeply symbolic.

By The Standard Jul. 10, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: Can we still believe in a soul?

We might then be forgiven for viewing the idea of the soul as an outdated concept that a scientific understanding of the brain has overtaken, which, unlike earlier conceptions, can properly explain all the above states. However, a brief dip into current thinking on the self shows how far we are from reaching such a proper explanation.

By The Standard Jul. 3, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: Can we still believe in a soul?

We might then be forgiven for viewing the idea of the soul as an outdated concept that a scientific understanding of the brain has overtaken, which, unlike earlier conceptions, can properly explain all the above states. However, a brief dip into current thinking on the self shows how far we are from reaching such a proper explanation.

By The Standard Jul. 3, 2022

Sweden: Dozens arrested after protests over planned Quran burning

Police in Sweden say they have arrested at least 26 people in the wake of weekend clashes in the cities of Norrkoping and Linkoping against the planned burning of the holy Quran by a far-right group. Eight people were arrested in Norrkoping and 18 others were held in Linkoping, police said in a statement on […]

By The Standard Apr. 18, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: The Jews didn’t build the pyramids

Some other more significant highlights of the trip were the incredible archaeological sites and the remnants of Jewish presence in Egypt over the past 2 000 years.

By The Standard Apr. 10, 2022