General
The
Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations
Dear Mr Dangoor, I thought the enclosed article
which the Centre for Jewish Christian Relations has sent out
might be interesting for your magazine. I am Chairman of the
Board of Trustees and we have done a great deal of work for
improving Christian Jewish understanding at an academic level
in Cambridge. more
Consultative
Council of Jewish Organisations
The Consultative Council of Jewish Organisations
(CCJO) was established as an NGO (non-governmental organisation)
at the United Nations in 1946 by Jewish organisations frorn
both sides of the Atlantic to encourage the recognition of
human rights for all people and to ensure the input of the
Jewish ethical tradition in the development of international
human rights law. more
Historical
society of Jews from Egypt
This organisation shall be known as HISTORICAL
SOCIETY OF JEWS FROM EGYPT, and not of Egypt or of Egyptian
Jews, but FROM EGYPT for the purpose will be to include
all our co-religionists whose lineage have sojourned in
the Jewish Communities of Egypt. more
The
world in a village
If we could shrink the earth’s population
to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing
human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like
the following: more
The
National Front
If members of the National Front want to demonstrate
or parade they should be allowed to do so to their hearts
content in one of the parks, but should not be allowed to
demonstrate or parade in areas where people live or work.
more
"The
Disputation"
The play is based on a book of the same name
by Prof Hyam Maccoby, a distinguished scholar and author on
Jewish Christian relations (who was a fellow congregant in
Richmond Synagogue until his move to Leeds) and it has received
wide acclaim in the United States and here. more
Articles
of interest from previous issues
A selection of older articles of current relevance.
more
The
Ammunition Hill National Memorial Site and Museum
The Information Centre of the Struggle for
Jerusalem, established two years ago thanks to a generous
donation by the Dangoor family, contains a variety of material
on the struggle for Jerusalem from the beginning of the 19th
century to the present day. more
Questions
and Answers
How can we reconcile the Jewish year 5762,
said to be "to the Creation", with the claim of
scientists that the universe came into being 15 billion years
ago? more
In
the Footsteps of Adam
The Jewish calendar, Anno Mundi, is supposed
to begin from the creation of the world, but it is absurd
to pretend any longer that the world was created merely 5753
years ago, and that it will come to a sudden end in the year
6000. more
The
Israeli Source of the Pathan Tribes
As children, we heard from our parents, who
come from Afghanistan, stories about the Ten Tribes who were
lost during the destruction of the Temple, about meetings
with the country people with whom they had contact in trade
matters … more
Iranian
Jewry Celebrates Cyrus
The Jewish Community in Iran is one of the
oldest in the the Diaspora, dating back to the destruction
of the First Temple at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. It has
now been the witness of unique and unprecedented celebrations,
of fourfold significance to Iranian Jews. more
The
Uniqueness of the Holocaust
Dear Dr Levene, I have gone through your thesis
which you kindly sent us. In reply for your quest on the uniqueness
of the Holocaust … more
The
Unfaithful Wife
There
was a middle-aged couple who had two stunningly beautiful
teenaged daughters. They decided to try one last time for
the son they always wanted. more
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