Edith Stein Leven aan Gods hand

Portrait of Edtih Stein on a stamp, Western Germany, 1983. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Chirurg dr. Ilse Kerremans stote op de figuur van Edith Stein toen een vriendin alles achter zich liet om zich volledig aan God te wijden in een slotklooster.

Op verzoek van de broeders van de Nederlandse Provincie van de Ongeschoeide Karmel bracht ze haar resultaten van verdieping omtrent Edith Stein en haar periode in Nederland.

Medianetwerk Plus wil de Vlaamse uitgevers en auteurs die in deze nichemarkt inspanningen doen extra ondersteunen en motiveren. Een onafhankelijke jury geleid door de rector van KU Leuven Rik Torfs en vicevoorzitter Mieke Van Hecke nomineerde voor elk van de categorieën ‘spirituele’ en ‘religieuze’ boeken drie boeken voor de prijs. Uit deze zes boeken kan u twee boeken aanduiden die volgens u de publieksprijs verdienen. U kan stemmen op één boek in elke categorie via een online stemming en zo meebepalen wie de publieksprijs wint.

Onder de deelnemers aan de stemming wordt een aantal boeken geschonken. De winnaars worden door loting bepaald. Per categorie kan maar één keer worden gestemd. De prijs kadert in de Maand van de spiritualiteit.

Breng nu uw stem uit.

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Boek Dr. Ilse Kerremans over Edith Stein genomineerd voor prijs spiritueel boek

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Model Knesset in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Sao Paulo, Brazil will be the location of an upcoming “Model Knesset” event on Sept. 6-7, hosted by the Jewish Agency for Israel.

According to JTA, the event will feature two days of mock votes and discussions meant to resemble the Israeli Knesset. 120 Jews and non-Jews are to simulate the work of the parliament in Jerusalem.

The exercise is meant to “get to know the complexities of social, religious, diplomatic and cultural issues in the State of Israel and the Middle East” and “experience the atmosphere in which decisions are taken” in the Jewish state.

Representatives will include Israeli Russians, Ethiopians, Haredi Orthodox Jews and secular Jews under age 26. Non-Jewish participants will consist of Arabs, Druze and Bedouins, according to a statement from CONIB, the umbrella group of Brazil’s Jewish communities.

Despite having volunteers of various backgrounds, no one will be able to choose which party they represent but instead priority in the selection process will go to those who register first.

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London school teaches three-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish children 'the non-Jews' are 'evil'

In a time were so much is done in Europe to have an intercultural exchange and to avoid discrimination between the many groups residing in our regions, in a North London Kindergarten the British three-year-olds have been told "the non-Jews" are “evil”.

We can not ignore the horror which was done to the Jewish race but to teach about the holocaust to toddlers is going very far and touching a subject they cannot comprehend.

At the Beis Rochel boys’ school in north London.

A whistle-blower, who wished to remain anonymous, has shown The Independent a worksheet given to boys aged three and four at the school. In it, children were asked to complete questions related to the holiday of 21 Kislev, observed by Satmer Jews as the day its founder and holy Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, escaped the Nazis.

The document refers to Nazis only as “goyim” – a term for non-Jews some people argue is offensive.

Emily Green, who used to teach at the same Beis Rochel girls’ secondary school, now chairs the Gesher EU organisation which supports ultra-Orthodox Jews who want to leave the community.

"It's not uncommon to be taught non-Jewish people are evil in ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools. It is part of the prayers, teaching, their whole ethos,”

she said.
Describing it as a form of “indoctrination”, Ms Green added:

“Psychologically, you become so afraid of the world out there after being taught how dangerous and bad and evil non-Jews are, that it makes it harder to leave.”

A member of the Hasidic Jewish Community of Stamford Hill

> Three-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish children told 'the non-Jews' are 'evil' in worksheet produced by London school 

Monumental Podium Discovered in City of David

English: Jerusalem Model, The city of David, the Pool of Siloam and the southern wall of Mount Moriah Deutsch: Jerusalem Modell, Davidstadt, im Vordergrund der Teich von Siloah und die Südmauer des Tempelberges Français : Maquette de Jérusalem, la Ville de David. Au premier plan, la piscine de Siloé et la muraille sud du Mont du Temple (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

      Monumental Podium Discovered in City of David

Excavations in the City of David have revealed a pyramid-shaped staircase believed to belong to a first-century podium. The discovery was made along the street that runs from the Pool of Siloam up to the Temple Mount.

From the Israel Antiquities Authority:

According to archaeologists Nahshon Szanton and Dr. Joe Uziel, who direct of the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority,

"The structure exposed is unique. To date such a structure has yet to be found along the street in the numerous excavations that have taken place in Jerusalem and to the best of our knowledge outside of it. For this reason, its exact use remains enigmatic. The structure is built along the street in a place that is clearly visible from afar by passers-by making their way to the Temple. We believe the structure was a kind of monumental podium that attracted the public’s attention when walking on the city’s main street. It would be very interesting to know what was said there 2,000 years ago. Were messages announced here on behalf of the government? Perhaps news or gossip, or admonitions and street preaching – unfortunately we do not know. Bliss and Dickie, two British archaeologists who discovered a small portion of this structure about 100 years ago, mistakenly thought these were steps that led into a house that was destroyed. They would certainly be excited if they could come back today and see it completely revealed”.
We know from rabbinic sources there were “stones” that were used for public purposes during the Second Temple period. For example, one source cites the “auction block” in connection with the street: “[a master] will not set up a market stand and put them (slaves) on the auction block” (Sifra, BeHar 6). In the Mishnah and Talmud the “Stone of Claims” is mentioned as a place that existed in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period:

“Our Rabbis taught: There was a Stone of Claims in Jerusalem: whoever lost an article repaired thither, and whoever found an article did likewise. The latter stood and proclaimed, and the former submitted his identification marks and received it back. And in reference to this we learnt: Go forth and see whether the Stone of Claims is covered” (Bava Metzia 28:B).

On Thursday (3.9), at the City of David Studies of Ancient Jerusalem’s 16^th Annual Conference that will be open to the public, Nahshon Szanton and Dr. Joe Uziel will present their findings from the excavation and the different interpretations regarding the nature of the podium. According to them, “Given the lack of a clear archaeological parallel to the stepped-structure, the purpose of the staircase remains a mystery. It is certainly possible the rabbinical sources provide valuable information about structures, such as this, although for the time being there is no definitive proof.”

Information about the conference can be found on the City of David website: www.cityofdavid.org.il.

The story can also be read at the Jerusalem Post and Haaretz, and the Times of Israel.
HT: Joseph Lauer

Photo by Gil Mezuman, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

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End of the 7th Shemitah and start of the Jubilee year

A solemn crowd gathers outside the Stock Exchange after the crash. 1929. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to the Jewish calendar, the end of the 7th Shemitah (“release”, or Sabbath Year), and the start of the Jubilee year is marked for this month.

From a Biblical perspective form many this month could be a very important month.

From a financial perspective it is significant to note that the end of the Shemitah years (or the seventh sabbatical year) were accompanied by significant stock market falls in 1987, 1994, 2001 and 2008. For example many of you will recall that the end of the Shemitah years on 17 September 2001  and 29 September 2008 witnessed the two of the greatest stock-market crashes in America’s history, both taking place on the exact Biblical day appointed for the wiping out of credit and debt!

Read more about it:
The’ SHEMITAH’ is Happening on Sept 2015! – Financial Collapse Looming! Are you ready?

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Bible ownership and Bible knowledge slumped

In the UK household ownership of the Bible has slumped, readership of the Bible has declined (with only around one in ten reading it at least weekly and three-quarters less than once a year, or never).

In the midst of previous century Europeans could be surprised when they came into Great-Britain finding so many churches full of people and finding a popular BBC program like Songs of praise.

The 'Journal of Contemporary Religion published 123 national sample surveys of the UK adult general population. Also the analysis, published by Clive Field, from the Universities of Birmingham and Manchester, included as well 35 national and local sample surveys of adult religious populations.

Entitled, 'Is the Bible Becoming a Closed Book? British Opinion Poll Evidence', the investigation suggests one interpretation of this mass of data might be that Christianity is becoming 'de-coupled' from the book on which it is founded.

It is not only a problem in Great Britain that we can hear people talking about their faith and telling about believes which have nothing to do any more with what is written in the Bible.
Many churches had already gone astray for some years but the population not only got mist in their eyes from the many sermons but also continue to be carried away by more magical or fantasy rich ideas which could let have them dream about many things, like having their soul going into an other body or at an other place when they die.

Knowledge of the content of the Bible is decreasing in the UK like it is everywhere in Europe.
Many also lost the faith in the truth of the Bible. Some also because they became confronted with the contradiction form what the Bible said and what their pastors or priests said. Only a small and dwindling minority believes the Bible to be true, word for word. Key storylines in the Bible -- Creation, Virgin Birth, gospel miracles, Resurrection -- are being progressively rejected as historically inaccurate.

Read more about it >
Opinion Polls Reveal Dramatic Decline in Impact of the Bible

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