Tuesday 21 December 2010

Weekly World Watch 14th Nov - 18th Dec 2010‏

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Weekly World Watch 14th - 20th Nov 2010‏


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In this weeks WWW

Jerusalem centre of new row
Russia in Lebanon - what are they interested in?
Nations need to cede power to Europe!
Is God's hand behind the drought in Israel?


Weekly World Watch 21st - 28th Nov 2010‏

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In this weeks WWW

A new law about Jerusalem
New ambitions for Russia
A new record for the world temperatures
A new war beginning...?


Weekly World Watch 28th Nov - 4th Dec 2010‏


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In this weeks WWW

Which nation has recognised a Palestinian State?
Wikileaks - the fallout
Fires in Israel - what's the link to ancient history?
and more!



Weekly World Watch 5th - 11th Dec 2010‏

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In this weeks WWW

More nations recognise a Palestinian State
The peace process comes to an end
Russia looks to "loot" in Lebanon
Worldwide corruption hits new highs


Weekly World Watch 12th - 18th Dec 2010‏


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Even more nations recognise a Palestinian State
What is a leviathan and what has it to do with an up coming visit by the Russian president to Israel?
North Korea v South Korea = King of the North v King of the South


Carol Service

Thursday 23rd December 2010 Westleigh Christadelphians
7:30pm – 8:45pm
Start your family Christmas outside with us, carols and roast chestnuts, a warm inviting service inside celebrating the birth of Jesus, followed by mince pies and mulled wine.

Wednesday 15 December 2010

Citizens to take an oath of loyalty to Israel

The Israel Democracy Institute’s latest Democracy Index reports that 54 percent of Israelis favour requiring citizens to take an oath of loyalty to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state” as a condition for being allowed to vote. This bad idea should be opposed on principled and pragmatic grounds alike.




Of the approximately 7.23 million Israelis in 2009, about 76% were counted as Jewish, though some of those are not considered Jewish under Orthodox Jewish law. Since 1989, nearly a million immigrants from the former Soviet Union have arrived in Israel, making this the largest wave of immigration since independence. In addition, an estimated 105,000 members of the Ethiopian Jewish community have immigrated to Israel, 14,000 of them during the dramatic May 1991 Operation Solomon airlift. 32.9% of Israelis were born outside of Israel.
Story here. . .

Marcus' Space

http://marcusampe.wordpress.com/
Just another WordPress.com site with thoughts by Marcus Ampe

WordPress Blog by Marcus Ampe. Continuation from the Windows Live Spaces.
+ Een stekje waar Marcus Ampe enkele gedachten neerpent die vallen buiten het bereik van de verscheidene andere platformen waar hij op schrijft. dit platform is een verder zetting van de vroegere Windows Live Space van hem.

Belgian Biblestudents – Belgische Bijbelstudenten

http://belgianbiblestudents.wordpress.com/

Mainpage of the Belgian Biblestudents. Looking in the Bible to find the Truth and comparing it with what people make of it. - Hoofdwebpagina van de Belgische Bijbelstudenten waarin wordt gekeken naar wat er in de Bijbel staat en wat mensen er van maken.

Wednesday 8 December 2010

Wie gaat er tegen ons zijn

If God is for us, who can be against us?


Who' s going to be be against us?

If God is for us, who can be against us?


Hanukkah Feast of light

In 167 BCE, Jason did away with Jewish law and rebuilt Jerusalem in a Greek model. This included banning genital mutilation and Jewish sacrifice, permitting Jews to marry gentiles and instituting an internationalist program exemplified by participation in the Olympic Games.

J.A. Myerson calls for celebrating the Hellenistic Jews and their struggle, rather than the violent extremists and their victory.  The greatest Jewish tradition is not one of following any commandments whatever, but rather of investigating, examining, discovering. The secular Jewish tradition holds that it is through those processes that one learns truth, not through the revelation of commandment.

Read more in: Rethinking Hanukkah: The Dark History of the Festival of Lights

Tot het Joodse of het Christelijk geloof behorende

Op WordPress kan men een heel interessant debat volgen naar aanleiding van een schrijven van Jacqueline Moss over haar identiteitscrisis. Dochter zijnde van een Joodse man en een Katholieke vrouw wordt zij door de Joodse gemeenschap niet aanzien als een Joodse terwijl zij zelf zich Joods voelt. Reeds van uit haar kindertijd werd zij tot het Judaïsme aangetrokken alhoewel zij het Joodse geloof niet echt praktiseerde. Ook in de Katholieke gemeenschap is zij niet echt actief betrokken doordat zij een diepgeworteld wantrouwen heeft in elke vorm van georganiseerde religie.

De vraag die gesteld wordt is eigenlijk waar het geloof ligt. Wie bepaald waartoe jij behoort?

De Joodse zoals elke andere godsdienst identiteit worden bepaalt door veel factoren.  Godsdienst en cultuur zijn complex en die een Jood of geen Jood is hangt dikwijls af van die factoren en van aan wie je die vraag stelt. Alsook van welk stel van standaarden en welke denominatie men wil gebruiken om tot een besluit te komen.

De schrijfster waarschuwt ook dat indien in de Verenigde Staten en veel van de Westelijke Wereld de Joodse onderneming vermengde huwelijken en de kinderen, die de producten van zulke huwelijken zijn, er van blijft weigeren om aan te nemen, de Joodse gemeenschap echt in gevaar zal van uitsterven zal komen. Judaïsme en Joodse identiteit veranderen en de wereld, met in bijzonderheid de Joodse Gemeenschap, zou daar rekening mee moeten houden.

Lees haar artikel:(My) Jewish Identity Crisis op the Busy Signal

... I have been told by Jews and Gentiles alike that I am not Jewish.  This struggle with Jewish identity was brought into sharp focus by the experience of one of my close friends (who is not Jewish), as she faced her own struggle with Judaism and Jewish identity as her wedding to her Jewish fiancé approached. ...

... One of the reasons my friend was hesitant to convert was because she did not want to be a member of a religious community that rejected her–and her marriage–as a non-Jewish person of mixed race.  In the Jewish community, the issue of interfaith marriages is very contentious.  Some Temples and denominations openly accept intermarriage, but the Jewish establishment vehemently rejects intermarriage, claiming it is the leading cause of the dying out of Jewish practice, religiosity, and even the Jewish “race”.  Many Rabbis will not perform marriages for interfaith couples.  Despite this, intermarriage rates among Jews are high, and so are the numbers of children born to those interfaith couples.   ...

To me, Jewishness–and other religious and cultural identities–are not something that can only be passed from mother to child.  Jewishness not just a religious, but a cultural identity.  And how does it make any sense for boards of Rabbis to decide who is and is not Jewish, simply based on the faith of ones’ mother?

... Jewish identity, religion, and culture are complex, and who is a Jew or not a Jew often depends on who you ask and by what set of standards and what denomination one uses to make that determination. ...

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Merry Christmas with the King of Kings

On Nov.13 2010 unsuspecting shoppers got a big surprise while enjoying their lunch. Over 100 participants in this awesome Christmas Flash Mob. This is a must see!

This flash mob was organized by http://www.AlphabetPhotography.com to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Special thanks to Robert Cooper and Chorus Niagara, The Welland Seaway Mall, and Fagan Media Group.

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