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...many of us, clergy are inextricably linked to religious teachings. But Rabbi Sherwin Wine, who in 1963 founded Humanistic Judaism, insisted that by studying Jewish history, culture and ethics, one could be moral and Jewish without believing in God. Wine's movement, lambasted as a fad by some Jewish leaders, is still strong, with 40,000 followers. He was killed in a taxi crash while on vacation in Morocco...
...weeps again, sitting by Anabella before a group of priests, ministers, a rabbi, a cantor and a Muslim Koranic chanter in the Angelica Lutheran Church in Los Angeles' Pico-Union district. Her pastor, the Rev. Frank Alton of nearby Immanuel Presbyterian, is preaching her into her new life here under a kind of benevolent house arrest. Alton's text is Leviticus 19: 33: "The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." Alton concludes, "The New Sanctuary Movement...
...rabbi's son, Mazuz, 52, has long had a reputation for being a fearless and impartial enforcer of the law. It was an attitude that Israelis treasured, since they are convinced - not without reason - that the highest ranks of government are infested with sleaze and corruption. Mazuz won respect for indicting ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son for corruption in 2005, and for urging the resignation of Israel's Justice Minister in 2006 for forcefully kissing a young female soldier. Mazuz has also been investigating Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for allegedly suspect property deals; Olmert strenuously denies the allegations...
...Once, long ago in Russia, a Baron decided to expel all the Jewish peasants from his estate. The peasants pleaded with the Baron, but he sat there bored, petting his favorite wolfhound. After a few minutes, he waved them away. Just as they were leaving, a rabbi who had noticed how fond the Baron was of his wolfhound, said: "You know, we're very talented at making dogs speak." Intrigued, the Baron allowed the Jews to stay on for a year, to teach his dog how to talk. Outside the Baron's castle, the Jews wailed: "Rabbi...
...other players in the Jewish-Christian conversation. "'Pope Takes Seriously What Rabbi Has to Say' is a message that will be picked up by anyone who reads their diocesan paper," says Fisher of the Bishops' conference. Amy-Jill Levine, a Jew who teaches New Testament studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and has her own Jesus book, The Misunderstood Jew, says both undergrads and interfaith experts can profit from the Neusner-Benedict exchange. Rabbi James Rudin, senior interreligious adviser to the American Jewish Committee, says it is in some ways "the full maturation of the modern Catholic-Jewish encounter...