A 'friend' of mine is a convert to Islam (gotta be careful what I write, he sometimes reads my questions and he can be a sensitive soul) and he would like to travel to Israel and meet people like him, fellow converts to Islam. They don't have to be from Ohio or anything, just bog-standard...
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. It is believed that stem cell therapies hold the...
i know there are lots of types of judaism but do they all let people convert to them or just a few or do non of them. do orthodox jews allow converts or only accept born jews into their faith.also do some allow homosexuality or do all condemn it or does it vary e.g some liberal jews are against...
based in the Jewish scriptures? Or is it just a common belief with no scriptural basis among some Jews? Not that it makes the belief any less valid.
I hope I worded that correctly. Trying to learn everything I can.
Seriously?
Thanks Kaganate for a more sincere answer. What's a better word...
There is this song whose background instrumentals (as in, NO vocals) that I like. I really want to be able to play this piece on the piano and I even know the YouTube video that just plays the instrumentals (no vocals) of the song. I DON'T want to make a piano COVER for the song, I just want to...
...other religion? Did your I.Q. increase when you first began to worship God?
I started studying kabbala about 1 or 2 weeks ago and I feel I am getting smarter. Today I played a guy who always beats me at chess and I beat him twice in a row and it's because I feel that God is making me smarter.
Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have identified the gene GATA 6 as responsible for epithelial cells which group together and are static- losing adhesion and moving towards a new site. This process, which is common to developing organisms, is very similar...
I am planning to convert to Judaism through a reform synoguage , I am not going to make aliyah any time soon(maybe in the next 5-6 years) , i just wanted to know that , will i be considered Jewish by interior ministry in Israel for the purpose of immigration?
please forgive me I know nothing of judaism and or the bible which I've never opened. But, in my book "The complete idi@ts guide to Judaism" it says that in the past couple decades the rise of converts have risen to about 4,000 a yr. Does this give hope to Judaism. And will it help keep from...
I asked a similar question, but all of the JWs tried to dodge the question.
Why would they tell people to read a Bible that has bad parts that don't work? That's like telling them to go drive a car that has no brakes, but it'll work the same as a car that does.
They believe the only inerrent...
Jews - Why do you consider all non-Jewish women & female converts to Judaism as...
..."harlots"? "We have learned by tradition that the term 'harlot' as designated in the Torah means any woman who is not a daughter of Israel (i.e., not born Jewish*), or a daughter of Israel who has had...
What is the role of the proselyte?
I want to know the orthodox answer in relation to Biblical Judaism and not modern unorthodox Judaism sects
Lev 19:34 is about strangers. Are converts "strangers"?