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  • The Difference Between Spiritual and Religious, Or, The Democrats’ Dilemma [RABBI LAPIN ALERT]

    11/29/2005 6:46:39 PM PST · by Alouette · 31 replies · 1,214+ views
    Toward Tradition (email) ^ | Nov. 30, 2005 | Daniel Lapin
    What do you do if you are devoted to the Democratic Party which has spent years defining itself as the party of secularism, and you suddenly discover that Americans are becoming more religious? Answer: you learn how to sound spiritual. America’s third great religious awakening, about which I started writing ten years ago, is well under way. Magazines like Business Week, Fortune, and Forbes have all carried articles speculating on the growing buying power of America’s Evangelicals. Yes, Henry, they really do spend over seven billion dollars a year just on religious articles. Time recently ran a cover story about...
  • Pick-and-Choose Piety Makes Enemies [Rabbi Lapin Alert]

    11/17/2005 4:49:03 PM PST · by Alouette · 21 replies · 466+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | Nov. 17, 2005 | Daniel Lapin
    Heading an organization whose entire purpose is to promote friendship and mutual respect between Jews and Christians, egregious assaults on this friendship really bother me. As I reported last week, it gives me little pleasure to admit that most of these assaults come from my side of the fence. Well, here we go again. In Bellevue, Washington, just a few miles from my home, a Jewish Reform temple has been upsetting its neighbors by insisting on hosting an encampment of homeless people on its property. Fearful neighbors in this upper middle class enclave of young families point to countless offenses,...
  • In Defense of Christian Conservatives [Answer to ADL Abe Foxman]

    11/09/2005 3:39:25 PM PST · by Alouette · 99 replies · 22,514+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | Nov. 9, 2005 | Daniel Lapin
    NEW YORK - Institutionalized Christianity in the U.S. has grown so extremist that it poses a tangible danger to the principle of separation of church and state and threatens to undermine the religious tolerance that characterizes the country, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, warned in his address to the League's national commission, meeting in New York City over the weekend. (Haaretz Newspaper, Israel.) We Jews aren’t chic any longer. Not too many people care for Jews these days. Europe, including England, makes little secret of how it feels towards Jews. If possible, they care even less...
  • The UJC's "Homosexual Mission" to Israel

    04/13/2005 4:49:37 PM PDT · by Mr. Mulliner · 14 replies · 492+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | April 13, 2005 | Sam Silver
    The UJC's "Homosexual Mission" to Israel Sam SilverChair, Toward Tradition I. Do you know where your Federation contribution is going?If you are Jewish, in all likelihood you were recently solicited by your local Federation for a charitable contribution. Most Jews are aware that the Federations provide “life-saving and life-enhancing humanitarian assistance to those in need,” and are a major focus of Jewish philanthropy in local communities; but you might have missed the part about the Federation sponsoring a homosexual Mission to Israel this summer so that American homosexuals can join activists from around the world in a confrontational and...
  • Is circumcision the kiss of death or source of life?

    02/26/2005 5:16:19 PM PST · by Babwa · 403 replies · 7,047+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | 2/21/2005 | Samuel Silver
    The national news media is abuzz with a story about the possible link between the tragic death of an infant Jewish boy from herpes and his circumcision. At the same time, the media has not fully reported on the fact that circumcision could save millions of lives from the scourge of AIDS. The problem is that circumcision is in the Bible, which makes it a serious violation of the religion practiced by the majority in academia and the mainstream media - secular fundamentalism. They have stood by while millions died and continue to die. How differently they value human life...
  • Humans Should Vote for the President (Non-humans vote for Kerry)

    11/01/2004 5:37:56 PM PST · by Alouette · 11 replies · 132+ views
    Toward Tradition email ^ | Nov. 2, 2004 | Rabbi Daniel Lapin
    If you chose “A,” John Kerry is your man. If you chose “B,” the only way to retain your integrity is to commit your vote to George W. Bush. You see, by choosing “A,” you are unavoidably affirming that other than for some superficial biological differences, such as brain size and opposable thumbs, you think that people and animals are similar. From here it follows logically that as animals, smart and sophisticated animals perhaps but animals nonetheless, we are products of our natures just like denizens of the zoo or occupants of the farmyard. It should also be said that...
  • Rabbi Lapin on why religious Americans must vote!!

    10/27/2004 10:38:29 AM PDT · by Babwa · 30 replies · 728+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | Oct. 2004 | Rabbi Daniel Lapin
    At least five million fervent Jews and Christians, most of whom are conservative politically, sat out the election of 2000. There are very disturbing indications that these same citizens of faith have no plans to vote this coming November. Politics is nothing more than the practical application of our most deeply held religious convictions. Any passionately held belief must surely translate into some specifi c practical policy that would further that belief. Why would so many otherwise patriotic and law-abiding citizens avoid the ballot box? It turns out that large numbers of fervent Christian and traditional Jewish conservatives plan not...
  • Can America Survive Same-Sex Marriage?

    05/14/2004 5:04:53 PM PDT · by Babwa · 51 replies · 210+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | May 14, 2004 | Samuel Silver
    The critical debate over same-sex marriage is not truly between homosexuals and heterosexuals; it is between two opposing worldviews, one secular and the other religious. On a micro level the victims of same-sex marriage will be our children, but on a macro level, our free society will be the ultimate victim. Our secular form of government was designed only for a non-secular people.
  • Some Of My Best Friends Are Gay (A Traditional Exegesis On Homosexuality And Same Sex Marriage)

    04/03/2004 1:14:27 AM PST · by goldstategop · 22 replies · 1,562+ views
    Toward Tradition.org ^ | March 2004 | Samuel Silver
    The debate about legal recognition of same-sex marriage is ultimately grounded in our understanding of human nature, values, and the role of human relationships in creating and defining the type society we desire. For the vast majority of Americans, these issues are understood in the context of the Bible and religious traditions, the “Instruction Manual” provided by our “manufacturer.”[1] This critical debate is not truly between homosexuals and heterosexuals; it is between two opposing worldviews, one secular and the other religious.[2] Approximately 80% of Americans hold a religious worldview,[3] but the secular left has done an excellent, yet nefarious, job...
  • Why Mel Owes One To The Jews (The Passion of Christ)

    02/12/2004 4:55:12 PM PST · by Mr. Mulliner · 53 replies · 409+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | February 12, 2004 | Rabbi Daniel Lapin
    Why Mel Owes One To The JewsFebruary 12, 2004By Rabbi Daniel LapinPresident, Toward Tradition Two weeks before Mel Gibson's Passion flashes onto two thousand screens, online ticket merchants are reporting that up to half their total sales are for advance purchases for Passion. One Dallas multiplex has reserved all twenty of its screens for The Passion. I am neither a prophet nor a movie critic. I am merely an Orthodox rabbi using ancient Jewish wisdom to make three predictions about The Passion.One, Mel Gibson and Icon Productions will make a great deal of money. Those distributors who surrendered to...
  • The "Religious Right" Expands

    01/23/2004 9:26:50 AM PST · by Valin · 17 replies · 676+ views
    The American Enterprise ^ | November/December 1995 | Fred Barnes
    Conservative Episcopalian bishops and church leaders are organizing a network of socially conservative parishes in order to stem the tide of liberalism within the Episcopal Church USA. Frank Griswold, the leader of the movement, emphasizes that the members of the new network will remain Episcopalian and that their mission is both religious and political. The new group, The Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes, joins the diverse group of religious conservatives commonly known as "The Religious Right." In "The Orthodox Alliance" (November/December 1995), Fred Barnes discusses how theological conservatives of Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant churches, who now have more...
  • Students threatened by Christmas? ACLU warns of lawsuit unless principal censors celebration

    11/21/2003 4:56:51 AM PST · by JohnHuang2 · 40 replies · 780+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, November 21, 2003
    Students threatened by Christmas?ACLU warns of lawsuit unless principal censors celebration Posted: November 21, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The Colorado ACLU is threatening to sue a school if the principal refuses to censor Christmas for its students. In a joint letter with the Anti-Defamation League, the state American Civil Liberties Union alleged "Jewish students no longer feel safe or welcome" at the Elbert County Charter School in Elizabeth, Colo. The Nov. 10 letter demands Principal Les Gray censor Christmas and insists the school "must take immediate steps to comply with the constitutional separation of church and state." It insists the...
  • Protesting Gibson's Passion Lacks Moral Legitimacy

    09/27/2003 6:44:04 PM PDT · by waRNmother.armyboots · 10 replies · 129+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | September 22, 2003 | By Rabbi Daniel Lapin
    Never has a film aroused such hostile passion so long prior to its release as has Mel Gibson's Passion. Many American Jews are alarmed by reports of what they view as potentially anti-Semitic content in this movie about the death of Jesus, which is due to be released during 2004. Clearly the crucifixion of Jesus is a sensitive topic, but prominent Christians who previewed it, including good friends like James Dobson and Michael Novak who have always demonstrated acute sensitivity to Jewish concerns, see it as a religiously inspiring movie, and refute charges that it is anti-Semitic. While most Jews...