Go Down Moses: Finding Kinship between the Jewish and African Slave Experience

By Lia Mandelbaum
Published on May 14, 2013

Messianic truth in advertising

Published on June 26, 2008

Myers and the messianic movement are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the Israeli public

What About Judas, Mary Magdalene?

By Howard Blume
Published on May 18, 2006

Scholars who probe the history surrounding the Bible are mining to decipher a real Da Vinci Code. They seek clues from the past that suggest truths that underlie the narratives of tradition and faith.

Top 10 Judas Gospel Shockers

By Jake Novak
Published on April 20, 2006

The text of the apocryphal Gospel of Judas entered the public sphere this month after surviving suppression by the early Christian church, centuries in the desert, the greed of looters and purgatory in a bank vault. And while National Geographic and The New York Times offered the "official" translation, our own Coptic scholars are nearly certain they've unearthed 10 startling revelations.

Kosher Gospel—a Joyful Noise at Shul

By Erin Aubry Kaplan
Published on January 19, 2006

And the fact that Jewish and Christian themes and theology overlap, especially in the black church -- the story of Moses and the divinely aided deliverance of his people from slavery comes to mind -- makes Nelson resonate that much more. All of which is fine by him.

Spectator

By David Finnigan
Published on April 14, 2005

Temple Shalom for the Arts has a little part of its soul in Los Angeles gospel, when the independent congregation will host the pre-Passover Shared Heritage of Freedom service at the Wilshire Theatre on April 15.

What Jews Need to Know About Jesus

By Jack Miles
Published on February 19, 2004

Mel Gibson's Jesus movie, "The Passion of the Christ," became controversial long before its release when learned critics, Christians as well as Jews, who had been invited to read a draft of the script objected that the film was, if not actually anti-Semitic, then all too apt for anti-Semitic exploitation. The initial response of the Gibson camp to these charges included a lawsuit charging the critics with a malicious attempt to sabotage the film.

The Torah as Gospel

By Michael Aushenker
Published on January 10, 2002

The Torah may be the true Gospel, but next week, one synagogue is bringing the true Gospel to the Torah.

Tall

By Deb Miller
Published on January 10, 2002

Full of drama, ancient wisdom and suspense, "Storahtelling" is live revival bibliodrama, and it's coming to a synagogue in Beverly Hills.

This Shabbat, Amichai Lau-Lavie -- Jewish educator, descendant of 35 generations of rabbis, and Jewish visionary -- will employ a revolutionary approach to celebrate Judaism: Lau-Lavie and his group of traveling Jewish thespians, will take to the Jewish stage (the bimah, really), to perform Jewish revival theater.

Hollywood Mitzvahs

By Mike Levy
Published on May 3, 2001

When one person helps another person, it's a mitzvah. When 1,500 people from 30 different organizations join together to help out in over 50 volunteering projects, it's Temple Israel of Hollywood's (TIOH) Mitzvah Day.

A Traditional Shabbat

By Mike Levy
Published on February 8, 2001

A half-hour before services were scheduled to begin, the lobby of Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch was packed with eager worshipers, with as many as 1,400 expected.