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...entire area is called the holy land in part because King Solomon erected the first Jewish Temple in the Jewish city of Jerusalem in the 10th century B.C. And one wouldn't know from Hamad's article that Jesus was a Jew. When Muslim armies arrived to take the Holy Land by force in the 7th century A.D., the Jews were there to greet them, as was a relatively new Jewish sect whose members accepted Christ as their savior. Gary Pepe, Redding, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...said once in a 1996 interview with The New York Times: “I’m used to being in the minority. I’m a left-handed gay Jew. I’ve never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.” But Congressman, have you ever considered what it might be like to be a woman in politics...

Author: By Frances Jin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Q's with Barney Frank | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

Rodger Kamenetz is an award-winning author whose books include the bestselling “The Jew in the Lotus” and “Stalking Elijah,” which won the National Jewish Book Award. His latest book, “The History of Last Night’s Dream: Discovering the Hidden Path to the Soul,” is a journey into the intellectual and cultural history of dreams, which ultimately leads to truths about our world and ourselves. Kamenetz is a professor of English and religious studies at Louisiana State University...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Q's with Roger Kamenetz | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...Your book “The Jew in the Lotus” is credited with helping to start the Kabbalah “trend.” Do you consider yourself a trendsetter because of this...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Q's with Roger Kamenetz | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...Israel, 7 million, is 20 percent Arab. The ratio of Arab to Jewish land is 640:1. If I were an Arab Muslim in, say, Saudi Arabia (830,000 square miles, population 23 million) with its wealth of oil fields along the Persian Gulf, I might wonder why Jews, who blend ethnicity and religion just as Arab Muslims do, should claim so little land when we cover so much. Why does my country house two holy cities—Mecca and Medina—whereas Jews claim but one—Jerusalem, site of the Temple of Solomon and Herod...

Author: By Ruth R. Wisse | Title: How Much Land is Enough? | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

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