Word: judaisms
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...promise that disturbs Israelis -about 70% of whom are nonobservant -is Begin's agreement to amend the "law of return," which makes Jews from any country eligible for Israeli citizenship. Conversions to Judaism will be considered legal only if they are done according to Halakha, meaning strict Orthodox tenets. The proposed change has already infuriated Conservative and Reform rabbis in the U.S.; marriages and divorces authorized by them would also be scrutinized more closely...
...Fraud . .. deception ... playing with religious tradition." These harsh words, aimed at a new movement of Jewish-born Christians, spill forth from Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee, normally one of Judaism's most temperate envoys to Christianity. His target: the so-called Messianic Jews, who insist that they can adopt a belief in Jesus as the Messiah and yet remain as Jewish as ever...
Traditionally, the Catholic Church, like most branches of Christianity and Judaism, has taught that some sexual practices are intrinsically immoral-e.g., adultery and homosexual relations. The report considers this approach "woefully inadequate." Instead of following rules that ban certain types of sex, it says, Christians should decide for themselves whether specific situations are "conducive to creative growth and integration of the human person." To be moral, the committee argues, sex ought to follow seven basic "guidelines." It should be "self-liberating, other-enriching, honest, faithful, socially responsible, life-serving and joyous." How these terms are to be applied...
...Italy's Jewish community, which will eventually open them to visitors. "We have long wanted them placed under our Jewish communities because they represent an extremely important period of Jewish history," says Rome's chief rabbi, Elio Toaff, "a transition period when Christianity was evolving out of Judaism...
...1920s, Army Captain Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, a descendant of Marranos, converted to Judaism and helped establish a synagogue and seminary in Oporto. He toured rural areas telling the Jews that there was no longer reason to be afraid. During the early years under Salazar, the right-wing Catholic Action movement started a smear campaign against Barros Basto. His seminary was closed down, and he was court-martialed for immorality because he promoted circumcision. He died a broken...