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Archive: Judaism

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Beliefnet offers complete coverage of Judaism, Jewish life, and the issues that concern contemporary Jews. Windows and Doors, our blog by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on politics and pop culture, tips and tools to improve Jewish spirituality, Jewish conversion, video inspiration from prominent American Jewish teachers and spiritual leaders from the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Jewish Renewal movements, instructional Jewish observance videos from our Modern Jewish Mom, coverage of Israel and the Middle East conflict, and Jewish holiday coverage. The Judaism page also offers ways for Jews to find and debate each other or ask questions about being Jewish on our Community.

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Rahm Emanuel's Judaism Through His Rabbi's Eyes

Rabbi Asher Lopatin talks with Beliefnet about the religious observance of the White House chief of staff.

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Spiritual Leaders Who Died in 2008

A gallery of spiritual leaders who died in 2008.

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Rescuing the Identity of the Messiah

In a recent book, a rabbi rails against the acceptance of messianism in his fellow Orthodox Jews.

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Who's Who: Fallen Religious Leaders

Beliefnet's gallery of fallen religious leaders including Father Alberto Cutié, the beloved Cuban-American leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, who shocked his followers when paparazzi photos showed him kissing and cuddling a woman on the beach and Ted Haggard, the evangelical leader of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, who admitted he was guilty of "sexual immorality" and had purchased methamphetamine from a gay prostitute.

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