tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post3924268384589576825..comments2024-03-22T03:10:08.766-05:00Comments on The Good Raised Up: Revisiting my Jewish identityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-24105843593514892692011-04-19T06:14:12.044-05:002011-04-19T06:14:12.044-05:00Thank you, Liz!Thank you, Liz!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-86151255551167502622011-04-17T15:52:00.586-05:002011-04-17T15:52:00.586-05:00Daniel and James -
Thanks for chiming in...
Y&...<b>Daniel</b> and <b>James</b> -<br /><br />Thanks for chiming in... <br /><br />Y'know, it might be a bit of Christian privilege that Christians can "rename" the Torah as they see fit. (I have to raise this question because of a conference I just participated in that looks at privilege from many different perspectives, including Christian privilege in the U.S.)...<br /><br /><b>Anonymous</b> -<br /><br />My entree into Quaker literature was <a href="http://www.quakerbooks.org/faith_and_practice_of_britain_yearly_meeting.php" rel="nofollow">Britain Yearly Meeting's Faith & Practice</a>. <br /><br />You can find more "introductory" reading at <a href="http://www.quakerbooks.org" rel="nofollow">QuakerBooks</a> of Friends General Conference (click "By Subject" on the left; then either "Welcome to Quakerism" or "Quaker Foundations."<br /><br />Blessings,<br />LizLiz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-18097841305393848762011-04-15T11:01:09.374-05:002011-04-15T11:01:09.374-05:00I should point out, Daniel, that's it's no...I should point out, Daniel, that's it's not quite to the point that Jewish people "dislike" the name "Old Testament," though that may be true for some. It is more to the point to say that what Christians call the "Old Testament" is not the scripture of the Jews. The Old Testament and the Tanakh (Torah ("Teaching"), Nevi'im ("Prophets") and Ketuvim ("Writings") have a great deal in common but are not the same. The order of the books is greatly different and so is some of the content. Most significantly, the Tanakh has no sequel within Jewish tradition. Although I guess there's a sense in which you could call Talmud (later commentary on the Tanakh) a "sequel."James Riemermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785078588562735749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-8431392479220575982011-04-09T05:25:35.179-05:002011-04-09T05:25:35.179-05:00And....ordered. Thank you, Daniel!And....ordered. Thank you, Daniel!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-91777346572429177502011-04-08T09:28:21.709-05:002011-04-08T09:28:21.709-05:00Hi Liz,
Not Hebrew on the cover or inside! Our le...Hi Liz,<br /><br />Not Hebrew on the cover or inside! Our leader at the Kibbutz Sde Nahum started teaching us volunteers Hebrew but became discouraged. Well, I can say 'Hallelujah';-)<br /><br />I was raised to call the first part of the Bible, the 'Old Testament.' However, Jewish people often dislike that name, so at some point I started referring to the Jewish part of the Bible as the Jewish Bible. Or the Hebrew Bible.<br /><br /><br />My 'two quaker sense' on the best book about Quakerism is<br />--Friends for 300 Years by Howard Brinton. <br /><br />In the Light,<br />DanielDaniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-75278946568410705682011-04-08T06:42:25.750-05:002011-04-08T06:42:25.750-05:00Liz, I've been enjoying your blog. I hope you...Liz, I've been enjoying your blog. I hope you don't mind an unrelated question: could you(or anyone here) direct me to a good beginner's Quaker reading list? (I've read George Fox's autobiography and made it through a bit of Barclay's, and a few more modern books, Chuck Fager and others.) I would love some basics of Quaker spirituality that are accessible...this may fly in the face of Quakerism, I realize. We are joining a meeting in a nearby town soon...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-39794744921293431122011-04-07T13:22:58.689-05:002011-04-07T13:22:58.689-05:00Daniel -
Thanks for mentioning Eli Weisel (he spo...<b>Daniel</b> -<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning Eli Weisel (he spoke at my college commencement, as I recall), and the PBS film, which I haven't seen.<br /><br />I'm curious about the "Jewish Bible." Do you mean it had Hebrew on the cover? Or you were reading it from right to left? Of that the Hebrew text/Old Testament was distinctive somehow from the Christian text/New Testament?<br /><br />Good to hear from you!<br /><br /><b>Robin</b> -<br /><br /><i>"...the juxtaposition of so many things so close together..."</i><br /><br />Yes, this is part of why the experience of the Jewish Film Festival was so powerful: the people (Jews), the place (a Jewish community center), the things (the films and the art exhibit, focused on Jewish mysticism)--all in one place at one time, <b><i>over</i></b> a period of time, even if it was less than a week long. <br /><br />Blessings,<br />LizLiz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-92228318207846803732011-04-06T00:01:48.457-05:002011-04-06T00:01:48.457-05:00I have all these cliches I want to respond with:
...I have all these cliches I want to respond with:<br /><br />It never rains but it pours.<br />The Lord works in mysterious ways.<br />If it ain't one thing, it's another.<br /><br />Sometimes I think it's the fact of the juxtaposition of so many things so close together that gives them all more meaning than they would have if they were more spread out.<br /><br />Holding you in the Light as you sort it out. And I'm glad that you have Jeanne to go to movies with you.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-62855843787994770432011-04-03T12:17:36.143-05:002011-04-03T12:17:36.143-05:00Hi Liz,
Thanks for sharing this about the film an...Hi Liz,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this about the film and about your own experiences with being Jewish, and Judaism, and how all that relates to Quakerism.<br /><br />It brings to mind Eli Wiesel's spiritual struggles in his memoir Night, and the PBS movie God on Trial set in a Nazi Concentration Camp.<br />Have you seen the PBS movie? Very powerful, especially in its spiritual depth.<br /><br />Also, all of this takes me back to when I lived on a kibbutz in Israel. At first people thought I was Jewish because they saw me reading the Jewish Bible often, and because I seemed "Jewish" while my friend, who was Jewish didn't and wasn't religious.<br /><br />Aren't our spiritual journeys--besides being difficult--wondrous in their uniqueness?<br /><br />In the Light,<br />Daniel WilcoxDaniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.com