How Chaim Weizmann Crafted the First Arab-Zionist Alliance
With the aid of T.E. Lawrence.
January 7, 2019
The Jewish Prohibition on Cremation and Cryonics Reflects a Deeply Held Belief about Human Nature
While the soul may have primary importance, the body is still seen as a holy vessel.
As the ancient Roman historian Tacitus noted, Jewish custom mandates burial in the earth, an obligation treated with gravity by the Hebrew Bible and even more so by the rabbinic tradition. Thus cremation, not to mention recent techniques like cryonics, are forbidden by halakhah. Shlomo Brody explains that these attitudes stem from the biblical idea that the divine image inheres in every human being:
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The Israel-Boycott Charade of the United Church of Christ
Turning church assemblies into anti-Israel witch trials.
Devotees of the Liberal Order—Unlike Its Founders—Underestimated the Importance of Nationalism and Religion
Not antithetical, but complementary.
The Jewish Prohibition on Cremation and Cryonics Reflects a Deeply Held Belief about Human Nature
While the soul may have primary importance, the body is still seen as a holy vessel.
From Anti-Semitism in Europe to the Future of Liberal Judaism in America to “The Jazz Singer”: A Tikvah Podcast Roundup