Posted by: lifestory
in Other faiths on Oct 14, 2009
by Joel C. Rosenberg
My grandparents and great-grandparents were Orthodox Jews who fled from the pogroms of czarist Russia. As they hid in a hay wagon that was crossing a border into an Eastern European country, czarist soldiers drew their swords and plunged them into the hay, in case any Jews were trying to escape. By God’s grace, none of the children coughed or sneezed or said, “Are we there yet?” By God’s grace, no one was injured. And by God’s grace, my family didn’t succeed in escaping the vicious anti-Semitism of Russia only to say, “Phew, let’s settle in Poland. Or Germany. Or Austria.” They made their way across Europe, got on a ship to the New World, landed at Ellis Island, and like any good Jewish family, set up shop in Brooklyn.
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in Other faiths on Jul 03, 2009
By Stan Telchin
Stan Telchin felt betrayed! His 21-year-old daughter had just told him that she believed Jesus is the Messiah. As a 50-year-old successful Jewish businessman, who had raised his children well, he couldn’t understand how she could do such a thing. With divided emotions and heated tensions, his close-knit family felt threatened. To win his daughter back and resolve the matter, Stan set out to prove that Jesus isn’t the Jewish Messiah. In the process he made some amazing discoveries. This is his story.
