Didn't see one word about loving the country where he was (presumably) born, reared and which gave him numerous opportunities for education and personal security--the same country which subsidizes the very existence of the Beloved Israel.

News Flash!!!!

The Baha'i cult is selling all its global centers to include the one in Israel. Proceeds will be used to repay the US Indian tribes for the lands we stole from them!!!

"Shalom"; by many names!

Mr. Hirschfield says:
"Though I remain filled with questions about the wisdom of much of what you do, I love you (Israel) very much."

One of the prime questions that should bear down on the conscience of whoever has a conscience is how it allows people from around the world to settle and enjoy a luscious land whose owners have been evicted from it by force and in the middle of the Twentieth Century. How it can bear to witness those hapless people along with their children and grandchildren rotting in refugee slums scattered across the deserts of the Middle East, without any indication of any type of settlement

Ican´t say I LOVE ISRAEL not because Idon´t do, simply because I´m non´t an Israeli and better to let to it´s people to declaim that as their exclusive right.Anyhow is my feeling and my right to admire to you Israel. Why?-Because you are as an good example to be follow for all people in the world , from the stan point of view of your courage,your patriotism, your effort to become again a free nation after all those disgrace suffer alongwise of human history. Finally let me say :you really deserve to be as you are and without any right to my side :¡¡I love too Israel!!

Hmmm, interesting how Farnaz went off on a few of her rants when we simply referenced a few books for getting information about the OT are related Jewish documents.

Could it be that she is the author of the first referenced book but Dr. Chopra's book was much better and had significantly more sales??

If indeed she is the author of the first book, she simply converted her Master's thesis into said book. One of the reasons for its lack of content and subsequent poor acceptance??

For more on the Tanaim, Talmud and Tanach, see the book, *** Life After Death: A Study of the Afterlife in World Religions.

Said book is hard to find and apparently did not receive much use or interest as it is only found in the holdings of two libraries in the entire state of Pennsylvania. You can buy it on Amazon for ~$10 in paperback.

Dr. Dee Chopra's books might have added information.

As with Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhaism, Judaism must re-evaluate its roots and foundations.

The 1.5 million Conservative Jews are doing this quite successfully.

To wit: (for those eyes that have not seen)

"New Torah For Modern Minds
By MICHAEL MASSING (NYT)

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E1EFE35540C7A8CDDAA0894DA404482

Abraham, the Jewish patriarch, probably never existed. Nor did Moses. The entire Exodus story as recounted in the Bible probably never occurred. The same is true of the tumbling of the walls of Jericho. And David, far from being the fearless king who built Jerusalem into a mighty capital, was more likely a provincial leader whose reputation was later magnified to provide a rallying point for a fledgling nation.
Such startling propositions -- the product of findings by archaeologists digging in Israel and its environs over the last 25 years -- have gained wide acceptance among non-Orthodox rabbis. But there has been no attempt to disseminate these ideas or to discuss them with the laity -- until now.

The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, which represents the 1.5 million Conservative Jews in the United States, has just issued a new Torah and commentary, the first for Conservatives in more than 60 years. Called ''Etz Hayim'' (''Tree of Life'' in Hebrew), it offers an interpretation that incorporates the latest findings from archaeology, philology, anthropology and the study of ancient cultures. To the editors who worked on the book, it represents one of the boldest efforts ever to introduce into the religious mainstream a view of the Bible as a human rather than divine document."