The Clot to Kill Jesus

By Adam Wills
Published on June 16, 2005

In what is likely the ultimate "Cold Case File," a researcher in Haifa may have figured out the cause of Jesus' death.

Professor Benjamin Brenner, a Technion Medical School and Rambam Medical Center hematology expert, said the problem was not blood loss, but a blood clot that likely traveled to Jesus' lungs.

Danger in Not Knowing Our Story

By Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Published on April 15, 2004

Claire Luce Booth, the wife of the owner of Luce Publications, reported a frank conversation with a Jewish friend. Booth said, "I must admit being positively bored by all this talk of the Holocaust and its constant repetition of Jewish suffering." The Jewish friend replied, "I know just how you feel. I feel exactly the same way about the Crucifixion."

Each would like to see the other's story go away. But neither will go away. Golgotha and Auschwitz, the Crucifixion and the Holocaust, remain the dybbuk of our culture. They must both be confronted and understood.

Gibson Film Stirs Up Variety of Reactions

By Journal Staff
Published on March 4, 2004

This masterfully crafted film deals with a troubling event and could lead to trouble.

Gibson Film Is a Frontal Assault on Jews

By Marvin Hier
Published on February 19, 2004

Mel Gibson's film is nothing less then a frontal assault and a collective indictment of the entire Jewish community during the time of Jesus.

Passover vs. Easter

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 25, 1999

If you want proof that the communion wafer is just a matzo knockoff, or if you wonder where eggs really belong (seder plate? White House lawn? Omelette?), check out "The Jews vs. Christians" on April 3 at bang. Improv Studio on Fairfax Avenue.