Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, I read your weekly column in Newsday “faithfully”. I learn so much from you. I am a practicing Roman Catholic and I have many wonderful Jewish friends. My DNA shows that I am 2 ...

The Shabbat morning service at Congregation Sha’arei Shalom in this suburb of Raleigh has a familiar feel to anyone who grew up in a mainstream American synagogue. Sixty adults and a handful of ...

Messianic rabbi Sobel (Mysteries of the Messiah) argues in this mixed-bag work that viewing Jesus as the messiah can shed valuable light on believers’ lives. He points to Old Testament prophecies that ...

Jennens’ text, an extended reflection on Jesus as Messiah, begins in Part I with prophecies by Isaiah and others, and moves to the annunciation to the shepherds, the only “scene” taken from the ...

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Dear Rabbi Gellman: I am a practicing Roman Catholic and I have many wonderful Jewish friends. My DNA shows that I am 2% Ashkenazi (European) Jewish. I honor and empathize with the Jewish culture and ...