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Am I not responsible for the people of Sderot?

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Deena Levenstein, News, Social, The next generation, Video, israel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Whenever I think of the people of Sderot, I’m so embarrassed that I let them live like this.
(BTW, check out their website: http://www.sderotmedia.com

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This is the most important generation

Posted in Assimilation, Contemporary, Deena Levenstein, Humour, Spirituality, The next generation, tagged , , , , , on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m just listening to an amazing talk by Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky called “Why be Jewish?” It is on a website I’ve never seen before but is definitely worth taking  a look at called SimpletoRemember.com Judaism online. Check it out.
Anyway, one of the most interesting things he’s said so far is that the newer generation is [...]

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Jewish Journey: Conversion

Posted in Michael T. Pullen, Spirituality, The next generation, Tradition and customs, tagged , , on March 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »

You can read part I here. And part II here. Now, enjoy part III
Why should I convert to Judaism? I do not like religion? Religion causes all these problems and creates unreasonable people. Why do I need it? Ihave faith in one thing: when I put my feet on the ground it will be solid and [...]

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Mitzvah: Telling your spiritual journey

Posted in Michael T. Pullen, Mitzvot/Mitzvas, The next generation, Tradition and customs, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In every generation, each of us must see ourselves as if we, ourselves, came out of Egypt , as it is written: And
you shall tell your child on that day saying, This is what God did for me, when I came out of Egypt . (Exodus 13:8 )

What are you? Are you a [...]

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Passé? That’s too easy.

Posted in Michael T. Pullen, The next generation, tagged , , , , , on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Saying that Judaism is passé is too easy. That is a brush off.
I have yet to meet someone who has wrestled with Judaism, not someone just born into it but someone who has wrestled with it (from within or out), who has not felt its relevance.
I was born and baptised a Catholic. After that I did [...]

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Is Judaism passé? 2

Posted in Michael T. Pullen, The next generation, tagged , , , on February 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Is Judaism passé? Or is it traditionalism that is? What is Judaism? Is it a religion that only stands on the shoulders of the men that proceeded us?
How is Judaism relevant? It brings the holy to the mundane. Try to do 100 brachas a day and tell me you do not start appreciating the world around [...]

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Is Judaism passé?

Posted in Assimilation, Deena Levenstein, The next generation, tagged , , on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I know, even this question is passé. But I really do wonder… is it wonderful enough to survive modernism? I can’t help but ask it.
I just started teaching a class to high school girls for 45 minutes in the evening. It is taking place in an after-school program for Jewish kids who are in public [...]

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