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Judaism
One of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, Judaism centers on the study of the Hebrew Bible and continues the covenantal relationship forged between God and Israel in the days of Moses. Unlike Christians, Jews believe the Messiah has yet to come. Judaism also differs from the other Abrahamic religions in that it is associated with its own race, a race historically plagued by persecution, exile, and fragmentation. While the end of World War II brought the centralization of the Jewish people in the sovereign nation of Israel, it did not quell interreligious conflicts. The Jewish-Christian relationship has been fraught with years of contentious dialogue—much of it over Israeli development in Palestine—and tensions continue to escalate between Jews and Muslims over shared territory. Despite these conflicts, a growing number of racial Jews have embraced Jesus as the Messiah, spurring the Messianic Judaism movement and groups such as Jews for Jesus.
Jesus Through Jewish Eyes
Why Jewish New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine thinks Jews should know more about Jesus, and Christians more about first-century Judaism.
April 1, 2012
Do Jews Really Need Jesus?
What evangelicals believe about evangelization of the Jews—and whether the Holocaust makes a difference in that task.
August 1, 2002
The Chosen People Puzzle
When it comes to relating to the Jewish people, should we dialogue, cooperate, or evangelize?
March 5, 2001
More on Judaism
Why Israel Exists 'for the Palestinians'—and the Rest of the World
The conclusion of a conversation between John Piper and Jews for Jesus head David Brickner.
June 25, 2012
God Doesn't Keep Jews in a Pickle Jar
Part three of a conversation between John Piper and Jews for Jesus head David Brickner.
June 22, 2012
How to Treat a Rebellious Israel
Part two of a conversation between John Piper and Jews for Jesus head David Brickner.
June 21, 2012
Do Jews Have a Divine Right to Israel's Land?
Part one of a conversation between John Piper and Jews for Jesus head David Brickner.
June 20, 2012
Jesus Through Jewish Eyes 
Why Jewish New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine thinks Jews should know more about Jesus, and Christians more about first-century Judaism.
April 1, 2012
Criminalizing Circumcision
We have secularized the ancient Jewish rite—but it is still inescapably religious.
August 29, 2011
Two Peoples Separated by a Common Revelation
What I've learned from dialogue with Jews.
March 28, 2011
Proselytizing in a Multi-Faith World
Why mutual respect and tolerance require us to witness for Christ.
March 28, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI Points Fingers on Who Killed Jesus
Jews bear no collective guilt for crucifixion, he says.
March 2, 2011
God's Quiet Signature
Why the rescue of the Chilean miners was a "great miracle," and what it tells us about Hanukkah.
December 13, 2010
Putting Evangelism on Hold
Will the Global Faith Forum's "evangelistic model" of engaging Muslims and Jews catch on?
November 16, 2010
A Ministry Grows in Brooklyn
Messianic leaders explore new strategies for reaching the Jewish community in the U.S. and Israel.
September 23, 2010
6 Catholics, 3 Jews
Does it matter that there might soon be no Protestants on the Supreme Court?
May 11, 2010
On the Jesus Trail
What we learned from Jews, Muslims, and Arab Christians as we traced the footsteps of Christ in Galilee.
April 28, 2010
Therefore Let Us Keep the Feast
Celebrating the Passover meal prepares Christians for Easter.
March 30, 2010
Would I Have Hid Jews During the Holocaust?
The story of Miep Gies, the Christian Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank and preserve her diary, makes me wonder.
January 13, 2010
Police Arrest Woman Praying at Western Wall
Nofrat Frenkel's arrest exposes divisions within Jewish community about tradition and gender.
January 7, 2010
The Real Problem with Mary's Baby Bump
Jesus' mother likely didn't face the public shame associated with unwed mothers.
December 18, 2009
'Mazel tov' for Jewish Women
Orthodox Judaism gets in touch with its feminine side.
October 16, 2009
Happy Rosh Hashanah, Christians
The 'Jewish New Year' is a day of judgment for all of creation.
September 18, 2009
The Ultimate Kibitzer
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein wants Jews to trust evangelicals, and evangelicals to love Israel.
February 24, 2009
He Likes Jesus. He Just Doesn't 'Like' Like Him.
Benyamin Cohen spends his Jesus Year seeking a deeper faith — in Judaism.
February 10, 2009
Marching Farmers, Homeless Slaves
How Christianity's Jewish roots point us to a different kind of Thanksgiving.
November 25, 2008
Barring Yahweh
The Vatican gives orders to excise the name from worship. Do Protestants agree?
September 11, 2008
The Presbyterians Giveth, the Presbyterians Taketh Away
Revised document shifts focus from PC(USA) anti-Semitism.
June 20, 2008
Jewish Groups Angered by Presbyterian Statement on Anti-Jewish Bias
Revisions give a pro-Palestinian slant, they say.
June 17, 2008
Israel Reconciled to All
Ground-level religious discrimination against Messianic Jews may be changing.
May 28, 2008
Christian Evangelism and Judaism
An exchange of views between a rabbi and a columnist.
April 2, 2008
Do They Know It's Hanukkah?
There's more than one "happy holiday" for Christians this season.
December 3, 2007
After Miraculously Escaping Nazi Destruction, Munich Synagogue Is Saved Again
State and private funding come together to restore the Bavarian capital's historic Jewish worship site. (WorldCrunch/Suddeutsche Zeitung)
Israel's chief rabbis laud anti-abortion group
In open letter sent to Israel's rabbis, Metzger and Amar state that 'killing fetuses is like murder (YNet News)
Israel to Review Curbs on Women’s Prayer at Western Wall
The move comes after years of civil disobedience by a group called Women of the Wall against rules that support gender division at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, one of Judaism's holiest sites. (The New York Times)
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