Monthly Archives: July 2011

Neither Jew – Nor Greek

Posted on July 29, 2011 by The Groom's Family

Whenever Christian Jews get together and start talking about how great it is to be Christian Jews – or when they get together and start talking about how painful it is to be Christian Jews – someone will inevitably pipe … Continue reading →

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Another Israeli Orthodox Church

Posted on July 27, 2011 by The Groom's Family

Sometime ago I posted about Fr. Alexander Winogradsky, who heads a Hebrew-speaking Orthodox Christian congregation  in the old city of Jerusalem. I just came across this article about a somewhat different – but, it sounds like, also Hebrew-speaking – Orthodox community … Continue reading →

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Fool’s Errand?

Posted on July 20, 2011 by The Groom's Family

The other day a snarky someone sought to remind me that all my blogging about the Jews is not going to make my mother one inch happier with my conversion. I was upset at that person for over a day, and for good reason: they were absolutely … Continue reading →

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Leviticus: Resurrection Unto Cleanliness

Posted on July 18, 2011 by The Groom's Family

I’ll shift gears away from marriage momentarily (pardon the short attention span) to focus on one that is even more fundamental: the nexus of the Jewish and Christian understandings of death and resurrection. As noted in the previous post, in the Resurrection … Continue reading →

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Blog is Back! And So Is Marriage

Posted on July 14, 2011 by The Groom's Family

Having made some progress on organizing my wedding, it is clearly time to start organizing yet again my thoughts about marriage – the marriage of Israel. I’ve been reading a highly useful book (that is, for those geeks among us who … Continue reading →

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