[WCCO]
This was REALLY not kosher. A grocery store in Manhattan made a food faux pas, advertising hams as “Delicious for Chanukah.” Chanukah, an alternate spelling for Hanukkah, is the eight-day Jewish holiday that began Tuesday evening, and hams as well as pork and other products from pigs can’t be eaten under Jewish dietary laws.
Read about it here.
[From me]
Why don’t they have Chanukah Eastern Carolina BBQ? Maybe there is something to religious education…Ya think?
The day of rest is causing some unrest at Century Village East in Deerfield Beach. Most of the 56 owners in Berkshire E are Orthodox Jews barred for religious reasons from pushing the buttons on their elevator during the Sabbath, which runs from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
They persuaded their board to spend $11,000 to convert the elevator so it automatically stops on each of the four floors during the Sabbath.
Read about it here.
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The Pharisees are alive and well! 
[From SFGate.com]
A high school choir was asked to stop singing Christmas carols during an ice skating show featuring Olympic medalist Sasha Cohen out of concern the skater would be offended because she’s Jewish. A city staff member, accompanied by a police officer, approached the Rubidoux High School Madrigals at the Riverside Outdoor Ice Skating Rink just as they launched into “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman” and requested that the choir stop singing.
Read about it here.
[From me]
I wouldn’t get offended when someone sang Jewish songs at a public place like a mall. This political correctness is getting out of hand.
What do you think?
Clara Maria Goldstein says she created the Rabbi Jesus paintings to promote love, understanding and acceptance. But Goldstein admitted her 10 oil paintings are causing just the opposite reaction from some people after Gundersen Lutheran officials asked her to remove her paintings hanging in the hospital entryway because they could be controversial. Read the story here.
Here is the link to the pictures.
Obviously, the hospital can do what they want. I don’t see what the big deal is. Jesus was a Jew wasn’t He? Maybe I’m missing something here. What do you think?
Jews for Jesus thought it was amusing to put comedian Jackie Mason’s image on a pamphlet aimed at converting Jews to Christianity, but Mason found it no laughing matter and has sued the group for $4 million. “I found it disgusting and obnoxious, and I find it even more disgusting and obnoxious that the spokesman for that organisation says, ‘Why doesn’t he have a sense of humour about it?’” Mason, 75 and famously Jewish, told Reuters on Friday. Read about it here.
I can’t say I blame him. I wouldn’t want my picture on a Muslim or Mormon pamphlet. Don’t you even have to ask permission to put anyone on a pamphlet? What do you think?
U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson said he joined hands Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to pray for victory in Lebanon.
“I’m here to say I love Israel. I’m here to say evangelical Christians in America stand with Israel in their struggle,” Robertson told reporters. “For all our sakes, they cannot lose this struggle. I think the people of Israel understand where their friends are, and their friends are evangelical Christians.” Read about it here.
Fiery television evangelist Pastor John Hagee has become the rallying voice for thousands of American Christians who believe Israel is doing God’s work in a “war of good versus evil”.
When he strode on to a stage in Washington last month, he was cheered to the rafters by 3500 prominent evangelicals — as well as by Israel’s ambassador to the US, a former Israeli chief of staff and a host of US congressmen from both sides of politics.
“After 25 years of hammering away at the truth on national television, millions of people have come to see the truth of the word of God,” Mr Hagee said. “There is literally a groundswell of support for Israel in the USA among evangelicals.” Read the story here.
Really? A groundswell? I am praying for our world too. But the idea that Israel can’t lose their struggle is crazy! God doesn’t need our help! What happens–happens. We can’t decide how the end of the world occurs. Isn’t that God’s job? Isn’t it God’s timing?
Do these guys speak for you? How can they say they speak for “Evangelical Christians?” What do you think?
A large Delaware school district promoted Christianity so aggressively that a Jewish family felt it necessary to move to Wilmington, two hours away, because they feared retaliation for filing a lawsuit. The religion (if any) of a second family in the lawsuit is not known, because they’re suing as Jane and John Doe; they also fear retaliation. Both families are asking relief from “state-sponsored religion.” Read the story here.
Some of the students accused the Jewish boy of killing Jesus. This does more harm than good. What if you lived in Utah and being one of the few evangelicals you were excluded? What if a district is mostly Muslim or even Pagan? We should share our faith, but it shouldn’t come from the government. What do you think?
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