Sentences with phrase «jewish religious practices»

But what you might not know is I'm also really interested in Jewish religious practices.

Still, while he does not appear to take part in Jewish religious practices, in no way does that alter his status as a member of the family of the Jewish people.

Recent research has established beyond a shadow of doubt that Jewish religious practice included a large element of sacramental worship, associated with table meals of religious fellowship.

The elaborate family Sabbath and Passover meals are central to Jewish religious practice.

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Further, the allusion to the practice of not fasting during a wedding is an allusion to a well - documented ancient Jewish practice of freeing wedding participants, including the guests, from religious obligations during the seven days of the wedding celebrations (References in Billerbeck, Kommentar I, p. 506.)

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

Orwin says what ends up happening for traditional religious believers in a liberal democracy is they have to settle for a watered down version of their practice e.g. Catholic Lite, Jewish Lite etc..

I grew up in country where these religious buildings existed and people were free to practice their religions.In addition, I loved to see on Saturday the Jewish people all dressed up and walking in the street, and every morning I crossed the priest riding on his bike to head to his church.

And as for Jewish holidays, do nt get me started, a huge proportion of jews do nt practice their faith, and some are religious two days a year.

The report of the NCC mission reliably parroted the position of Israel's neighboring enemies while omitting any mention of, inter alia, the anti-Semitic hatred daily spewed by the Arab media, official Arab support for Palestinian suicide bombers, Muslim prohibition of Christian (and, needless to say, Jewish) religious practice, and the conspicuous absence of democracy or freedom of expression in all the countries of the region except Israel.

The practice of embodying the sense of promise in such secular imagery as a basileia is thoroughly Jewish, thoroughly worldly, and at the same time thoroughly religious.

For Wyschogrod, being Jewish is primarily about God's election and only secondarily about one's religious belief or practice.

This agreement did not change the status of Jewish Christians, who presumably continued to adhere to their traditional religious practices.

When we study the history of Europe and America we can assume at least a minimal knowledge about the influence of Greek, Jewish, and Christian religious thought and practices, but for the study of the history of Asia we must prepare ourselves by gaining a sympathetic understanding of the quite different religious ideas and practices of that part of the world.

Over and over Jewish authors say of Shabbat what those who enter deeply into other religious practices also say: to experience its goodness, you must enter its activities.

As a Jew raised by a Turkish Jewish father, with an agnostic / atheist American mom who shared in all the religious practices out of respect and love I see immense beauty in this family and their tolerance, acceptance, and embracing of their heritages.

I am just saying I think the Jewish people could temper their response, cause the way this went down caused a lot of negative PR on a practice that is not intended to offend, and has drawn a lot of religious intolerance directed at others.

This religious ritual» referred to traditionally as metzitzah b» peh» is practiced primarily within the confines of small Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities and traces back to the Talmud where it was understood to protect the circumcised baby from harm.

recognizing that religious commitment (here called «priorities») and «excitement» about the content of Jewish belief are only two factors that might motivate Jewish practice, others being family tradition, spirituality and community building.

It is for the serious or practicing religious person a very serious matter and was indeed what sparked the first speed dating event ever - by a Jewish person who realised the importance of mising and matching in the faith to provide happy and stable relationships.

Dating in an orthodox Jewish family involves matters relating to the religious affiliations, the level of Judaism practiced, certain level of education and background and having similar characteristics.

I'm not Jewish myself, so I'm very naive to the culture and their religious practices, and found it a interesting insight to a, I'm sure, small portion of what it may be like to be of Jewish faith.

Have students discuss how they feel regarding dilemma: inform audiences about Judaism and Jewish practice; or present accurate story which says that no matter how religious or non-religious one was, one could not escape persecution.

These Religious Jewish Passover coloring pages make great mouse practice activities for younger children but can also be used with older children beginning to learn how to read.

A New Yorker with a Ph.D. in religious studies focusing on medieval Kabbalists, Sagerman continually relates his studio practice to his engagement with Jewish mysticism.