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Snake-Handlers, False Messiahs, and a Few Great Souls: 14 Who Died in 2014

By Daniel Silliman

No other end-of-year list can hope to offer such profound juxtapositions: a groundbreaking female Mennonite pastor alongside an “immortalist”; the transcendent wisdom of a civil rights leader alongside one of the most hate-filled religious figures in contemporary memory. But here it is, a connect-the-dots portrait of a powerfully complicated American religious landscape, circa 2014. Vincent Gordon Harding Historian and theologian Vincent Gordon H…

Promise Keepers 2.0: Women and Jews Invited

By J. Terry Todd

…e are both the Jewish part of the Body of Christ, and the saved remnant of Israel,” he said, referring to Messianic Jews. The conversion of Israel is a necessary precondition for ushering in the Messianic age. “Israel’s salvation can only be accomplished by the whole church,” Juster declared, “We can only accomplish this task by coming together as one new man. Only then will we have the power to convert Israel.” Coach Mac’s interest in this kind o…

The Tea Party are Sodomites

By Jay Michaelson

…uteronomy 32, consisting of Moses’ dire prophetic warning to the elders of Israel, includes a condemnation that Israel’s “vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter.” (Deut 32:32) As with Ezekiel, a litany of sins is listed, but here idolatry is predominant, and again connected with toevah: “They provoked God with foreign [gods], angered Him with toevot. They sacrificed t…

Palin’s Israel Trip

By Sarah Posner

…cted us the other day. None of these three Dems speaks to the power of the Israel lobby inside Democratic Party life, which caused a progressive president to go back on his word to the Muslim world and support Israeli settlements, and which ties their tongues. This is not an unexpected interpretation of events from Weiss, but I’d hazard a guess that Palin is indeed concerned about her evangelical base if she is going to compete for their affection…

Romney, Tisha B’Av, and LDS Temples

By Sarah Posner

…ger to have piled on this already disastrous excursion. UPDATE: This POLITICO post from several weeks ago reports that the Romney campaign did know the visit would fall on Tisha B’Av, and claimed, “What better way for the Governor to understand the opportunities and the threats to Israel than to be there on a day when the people of Israel and Jews around the world commemorate and mourn the destruction of the Temple and of Jerusalem twice in their…

Rising Christian Right Movement, New Apostolic Reformation, Emerged as a Mid-20th Century Splinter of White Supremacy

By Keri Ladner

…aelism—or, as it was more commonly referred to in the United States, Anglo Israelism. British Israelism asserts that the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel aren’t really lost but rather migrated through Europe, with some settling in the British Isles; as such, the British people are, in fact, the Israel of the Bible and heirs to all the promises that God gave that nation. While the Latter Rain Revivals didn’t fixate on spreading British Israelism, rogue el…

High Jewish Voter Turnout—and They Don’t Like Trump

By Gordon Haber

…still a big—if complicated—deal. While they remain emotionally attached to Israel, their dislike of Israeli policy is growing. The survey reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s favorability “has dropped to a nine-year low (35 percent favorable/32 percent unfavorable),” and Israeli policy towards Palestinians and the settlements “makes them feel more negative toward Israel.” Eighty-four percent of of American Jews believe that it is possi…

Palin Tries to Join the Mishpachah

By Sarah Posner

…n Gettysburg. In reality, though (or at least in their reality), “love” of Israel is a biblical mandate, as Israel plays a vital and particular role in the Second Coming of Jesus. In my travels with Christian Zionists, I’ve met plenty who wear Stars of David—and more, including wearing yarmulkes and tallit, purchasing Judaica like mezuzot and challah covers, referring to Jesus by his Hebrew name, Yeshuah Ha’Masiach, keeping Shabbat, having Bar Mit…

To One Early 20th Century Rabbi Skeptical of Zionism, Passover Isn’t Simply A Celebration Of Freedom — It’s Also A Warning

By Shaul Magid

…till traumatized by the ruthless murder of 1,200 in Israel (including both Israelis and non-Israelis). But it isn’t the blood of the sacrificial goat that stains their homes, it’s the blood of their families and comrades, hostages whose fate is still unknown, and of the 33,000 killed in Gaza so far. And it is the story of experiencing the fear of bombardment by another sovereign nation. What does—what can—this story teach us in this moment of trag…

Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Spit on Inhuman Gay Scum: This Week’s LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…his always supportive family remains in Iran, he said he hopes to stay in Israel permanently. Feili has nurtured a fascination with Israel since he was a youngster, when he began watching films about the Holocaust and started learning about the Torah. He has a coin-sized Star of David tattoo on his neck. …Israel’s economic and cultural hub, Tel Aviv is a popular gay-friendly destination. Israel accepts gays serving openly in its military, but hom…