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Israel Charges Extremist With Attempted Murder Of Messianic Family
Israel has charged Jack [Yaakov] Teitel, a Jewish-American extremist, with shooting to death two Palestinians and trying to kill others, including a Messianic Jewish family, who received a...
View ArticleBloom’s restaurant, symbol of Jewish London and grumpy waiters, shuts down
Bloom's restaurant, symbol of Jewish London and grumpy waiters, has shut down. To emphasis its beginnings among the unrefined Jewish poor of London’s East End, it employed a hilarious cadre of the...
View ArticleJews pressured into adopting ‘French-sounding’ surnames fight to change them...
Shamed by the deportation of Jews during the Second World War, France sought to integrate and protect Jewish emigres by urging them to change their names to sound more French. But more than a...
View ArticleIsrael: Controversial conversion bill shelved
Israel's government is shelving a bill on Jewish conversions that drew sharp criticism from American Jews. The bill would have strengthened the control of Orthodox rabbis in Israel over the sensitive...
View ArticleRise of independent groups influencing Judaism
Dozens of "independent minyanim" -- unaffiliated Jewish worship communities -- have sprung up in the past decade, mixing elements of the mainstream denominations while answering to none of them. Ten...
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Alleged Bomber of Christian Boy in Israel to Stand Trial
ISTANBUL, September 3 (Compass Direct News) – An Israeli man accused of planting a homemade bomb that almost killed the son of a Messianic Jewish pastor in Ariel, Israel has been declared competent to...
View ArticleIsrael rabbi says it’s kosher to sleep with the enemy
Jewish law allows women to sleep with the enemy in order to get intelligence vital to Israel's security, a rabbi was quoted as saying in a Israeli newspaper Monday, AFP reports. The mass-selling Yediot...
View ArticleIn rise of ultra-Orthodox, challenges for Israel
Dramatic changes may be coming in Israel: Demographers now estimate about a third of last year's Jewish babies were born into the ultra-Orthodox community, an insular and devout minority that has long...
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Dutch government to appoint commission on ritual animal slaughter
The Dutch government said it will appoint a commission to study new tightened rules for ritual slaughter to satisfy animal rights activists without infringing on Jewish and Muslim traditions. Before...
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Bomb victims lament plea deal with Jewish extremist
A Messianic Jewish congregation leader whose son was almost killed by a bomb planted by an ultra-right wing Jew said he feels like the Israeli criminal justice system has abandoned him. The Jerusalem...
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Brazilian Evangelicals set up a ‘sin free’ alternative to Facebook
A group of Evangelical Christians in Brazil have set up Facegloria -- a sin-free version of Facebook, the Telegraph reports.The service is patrolled by volunteers who prevent the posting of...
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Religion News, Wednesday July 15, 2015
Scientology quacks at work:After a Church of Scientology-backed group helped organize a campaign against it, Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed legislation that would have given Texas doctors more power to detain...
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Escaping Polygamy — and Scientology
Going Clear, Alex Gibney's smash documentary that exposes the Scientology cult to daylight, was HBO's highest-rated documentary premiere in almost a decade. By popular demand it is going to be back in...
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Are you old enough to remember Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
Are you old enough to remember the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ADiK74fve8Oregon Public Broadcasting, Nov. 21, 2012In 1981 this spiritual leader from India spent $5.75...
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Nobody joins a cult, but it is easy to get radicalized
Today's edition contains stories about the Palmarian Catholic Church, how easily people get radicalised, and what IS jihadists have in mind for Europe's cities. Also: tongue-in-cheek, How do Operating...
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Does the UK’s anti-radicalisation program alienate Muslims?
Today's edition includes stories about a radicalisation prevention program that may backfire. A protest against Whole Foods over its link to Marc Gafni. Iglesia ni Cristo, a powerful cult of...
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The attitudes of Western European states towards new religious movements
Research: a brief overview of the attitudes of Western European states towards new religious movements is an interesting article by Jean-François Mayer, founder and editor of Relioscope -- an...
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Shincheonji “New Heaven and New Earth” cult infiltrating churches
UK: Churches warned of 'deceptive cult' linked to South Korea infiltrating congregationsHundreds of British churches, including some of the UK’s largest congregations, have been warned against...
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Religion & Cults News – Wednesday
The Berlin attack is right out of the terror handbooksThe world’s deadliest terrorist groups are increasingly open about their intentions, tactics, and targets. Last month, Rumiyah, the slickest...
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Religion and Cult News, Saturday
The sentences of three German men found guilty for their leadership roles at the infamous Colonia Dignidad cult in Chile have been increased.The cult's founder, former Nazi Paul Schaefer, was sentenced...
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