Rav Itzchak Marmorstein performing Rav Kook’s Mystical Poetry

This is a wonderful interview with my dear friend Itzchak Marmorstein. Canadian/Israeli that has devoted his life to exploring the mystical writing and poetry of Rabbi Avraam Izchak HaCohen Kook. The music is just...

China orders tightened Internet controls UPDATES

UPDATE 4:China has ordered Google to revamp its service immediately and remove all links to pornographic and "vulgar" material.China said the company's filtering of pornography was too weak."China has ordered Google to suspend its foreign Web site search service after warning...

Pope urges religious reconciliation

The religious issues need tobe separated from the political issues in the Middle East. Land and political disputes do not need to be cast as a battle between religions."Pope Benedict XVI has called on followers...

Tony Blair: God helped me with Iraq

Recently converted Catholic, Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United kingdom told BBC radio recently his religious beliefs helped him with the mental decision of invading Iraq and puting UK lives in...

Saint Joseph's Day today! March 19 2009

Today, March 19 2009, is a little known holiday called St Joseph' Day, also known as the Feast of St. Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph. The is the feast day of Saint Joseph, husband to the Virgin Mary. This...

Hamas and Gaza..Martyrs versus Traitors

This is a good look at what the future could be in the Middle East in the next 2 generations. "If the Palestinian cause is permanently lost to the Islamist  movement, theocratic reactionaries across the...

Controversy surrounds Obama's faith office

" President Obama's newly revamped Office of Faith Based Initiatives is reigniting a contentious debate across the ideological spectrum over whether religious organizations that accept funds from the government...

30 killed, 50 injured in blast near Shia prayer hall in Pakistan

30 people including two children, have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in Dera Ghazi Khan town in Pakistan's Punjab province. 50 people are injured when about 100 people joined a religious procession outisde a Shia prayer hall. The bomb exploded just before 7pm."Local...

Vandals attack Venezuela synagogue in 'worst ever' attack on J...

The attacks intensify against Jews in the world and the world excuses it by blaming Israel. This is deja vu all over again."An armed group vandalized Caracas' oldest synagogue, shattering religious objects and...

"Turkey is fast becoming an empire of fear"

Turkey -- Secularist coup plot foiled: "Turkey is fast becoming an empire of fear" An attempt to stem the tide of Islamization and the advance of Sharia in Turkey has been foiled. "Dozens more held in Turkish coup plot," by Suzan Fraser for AP, January 22: "ANKARA, Turkey...

Obama..Religion and state together?

President Obama is openly religious.  He is also president of the US.  Will there be a conflict between state and faith."After decades of ceding God to the GOP, at least in the public square, Democrats...

Presidents in a Nation under God

United States of America, a nation founded under God by believers who trusted in Him, a group a pilgrims that offered the first Thanksgiving dinner. On March 4, 1933 prior to his swearing‐in ceremony,...

Religious Worshippers Less Likely to Commit Suicide

People who attend regular religious services are less likely to commit suicide than those who don't, according to a study out of the University of Manitoba.  37,000 Canadians were queried by the researchers,...

Will Iraq Split Up

This will probably happen, if not this year then almost surely within five years. If the US withdraws there will be no force strong enough to hold Iraq together,"The country's biggest Shiite party is hoping for a...

Catholic leaders say Hokey Cokey is a 'faith hate' song

The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland has said that a song sung at kids party has "disturbing origins".Cardinal Keith O'Brien claims the Hokey Cokey, sung in many English-speaking countries is a song...

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