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From Skinhead to Haredi Jew: A Tale of Personal Transformation

In the previous posts, we touched upon the dynamics of the shadow archetype that hides the inner person that exists inside us. The key to a optimum psychological state of health requires that we get understand the hidden depths of our souls and psyches. Here is a remarkable story about coming to terms with one’s shadow, compliments of NY Times and the Failedmessiah-two excellent websites.

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From Skinhead to Orthodox Jew

Adam Lach for The New York Times

Pawel in the Warsaw ...

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Categories: Anti-Semitism, Bible, Contrarian wisdom, Conversion, Current Events, ethics, good and evil, Heart-Centered Judaism, Holocaust Related Issues, Interfaith Dialogue, Israel, Jewish and Jungian ideas, Jewish Folklore, Jewish History, Jewish symbolism, Stories for the Searching Heart, Theology and Philosophy

Meetings: My Close-Encounter with a Presbyterian Professor

In 1996, I received my doctorate from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo (SFTS), California. SFTS is really a gorgeous school, nestled in the foothills of Marin County. One could hardly have asked for a better place to study and engage so many thought-provoking teachers. I believe I was the first rabbi ever to go through their Doctorate of Ministry program. It proved to be a wonderful learning experience that introduced me to Biblical Greek, Christian biblical exegesis, ...

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Categories: American Jewish Issues, Anti-Semitism, Contrarian wisdom, Current Events, ethics, good and evil, Holocaust Related Issues, Interfaith Dialogue, Israel, Jewish History

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and the Rescue of Ethiopian Jewry (Part 1)

When I was looking at the numbers of Ethiopian Jews living in Israel, I felt very proud of those rabbis and Jewish leaders that knew how to respond in times of great crisis. Jewish ethics teaches that anyone who saves one life is considered as though he saves an entire world.

The collaborative effort of Jewish leaders across denominational lines accomplished one of the great feats of Exodus in our day. Rarely has the Jewish community ...

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Categories: American Jewish Issues, Contrarian wisdom, Conversion, Current Events, ethics, good and evil, Halacha, Heart-Centered Judaism, Holocaust Related Issues, Israel, Jewish customs, Jewish History, Responsa Literature, Stories for the Searching Heart, The Future of Judaism

Aspects of Holocaust Theology: The Metaphor of “God as Surgeon” (Part 2)

In the previous article written by Prof. Bauer, he refers to a correspondence with late Chaika Grossman, a leader of the underground in the Bialystok ghetto, who survived the war and served as a Knesset member for several terms. She went on to publish her correspondence with the Lubavitcher Rebbe on August 22, 1980, quoting Schneersohn and expressing some pointed criticism toward the Rebbe that created shock-waves at the 770 world headquarters in Brooklyn.

Within a week, the Rebbe sent her ...

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Categories: American Jewish Issues, Bible, biblical theology, Contrarian wisdom, ethics, good and evil, Hassidic Theology, Heart-Centered Judaism, Holocaust Related Issues, Jewish History, Jewish Prayer and Meditation, Theology and Philosophy

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Aspects of Holocaust Theology: The Metaphor of “God as Surgeon” (Part 1)

Now after reading this article and comparing it to the Likuttei Dibburim material, one can easily see that the son-in-law’s theology is completely consistent with that of his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. An examination of the latter’s Hassidic discourses also bears this out, but we will save this for another discussion.

However, the Rebbe’s position appears to be inconsistent with an earlier position he once made. Consider the following citation made at the Chabad “Ask Moses” website:

“There are those who ...

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