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    Question about the Resurrection of the Dead

    Thanks for all those recommendations, they all look interesting, especially the Hartman one, from the Amazon description anyway.
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    Question about the Resurrection of the Dead

    Thanks to everyone who posted, I really appreciate all the replies. That's actually quite interesting to think about. Thanks for all the information, interestingly enough I came across a book today in Waterstones (one of the major bookstores over here) called 'The Wisdom of Maimonides: The...
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    Question about the Resurrection of the Dead

    This is something I've kind of been thinking about recently. In Judaism, from my understanding, it's believed that when the Messiah comes, the dead will rise, but, is this a belief all Jews share (from Orthodox to Conservative to Renewal, Reconstructionist, Reform, etc), and, also, does the...
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    Books on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

    Thanks for telling me, I only just came across his site recently, so, I don't really know who Marc Gafni is. Maybe there might be better Kabbalistic interpretations of the Holidays out there. Although, I did find this comment: quite interesting, I'm not sure if it's authentic or not (I...
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    Jewish afterlife?

    Thanks Levite & Zardoz, you're posts have been very helpful. I actually didn't know anything about Maimonides and his Philosophy, although, the afterlife his followers envisioned does sound a bit like being stuck in Maths class (which would be hell for me!). Again, thankyou both very much :).
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    Books on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

    I'm not sure how much help this will be, but, recently I came across this site, and in this section, he lists some books on the holidays (I'm not too sure if the books are published yet, or will be sometime in the future, I haven't gone through the whole site yet): I'm not sure if those sound...
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    Jewish perspective on intermarriage

    Thanks for telling me, I kind of like how the Conservative and Reform movements don't treat LGBT people differently (by that, I mean, they don't exclude you, whether you're LGBT or straight, you have to follow the commandments). That said, if you are LGBT, and you don't have kids, is that seen...
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    Jewish afterlife?

    This is something I've been curious about for awhile, but, how is the afterlife seen in Judaism?, I know that Judaism, typically, focuses more on this life, than life after death, but, it's something I'm just a bit curious about. I've read and heard that there are many different views of the...
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    Jewish perspective on intermarriage

    I just wanted to say, thanks to everyone for all the replies, it's really helped me understand the issue. Well, right now, I'm still just learning about Judaism, and, so far, I'm enjoying it. Although, I am a bit curious, is the commandment to against interfaith marriages enforced as...
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    Jewish Jokes

    Thanks for telling me :).
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    Jewish perspective on intermarriage

    I was wondering, what the Jewish perspective on intermarriage was. I was reading this article on AISH.com, called 'What's Wrong with Intermarriage?', and I was just wondering, is that view more the Orthodox (or Haredi?) perspective, and do other denominations have other perspectives?. Thanks...
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    Jewish Jokes

    Quite funny, although, what's a apikoros?.
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    Jewish fiction

    That actually sounds what I'm looking for, I'll definitely check it out :). Thanks for all those links, I think I may have been to a couple of them before, and, I do like some things I've read (in those articles, and on Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis' blog) about Jewish fantasy being the many Comic...
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    Jewish fiction

    I was wondering something, does anyone know of any good fiction with Jewish themes, particularly some kind of fantasy stories?. I know the film 'The Unborn' was based on the Jewish concept of Dybbuk, but, I don't really know of any other type of story that uses Jewish themes. I do know...
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    Kabbalah

    I want to read Scholem's 'Kabbalah', it sounds like a great introduction. I've also heard good things about Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis, his book sounds very cool, and I like his blog. I'm also at the beginning of 'Jewish Magic and Superstition' (I really like learning about...
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    Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13

    Thanks for informing me, I admit to, after reading your first post, my imagination went a bit away with me, and I had fantasies of, the Leviticus verses being suddenly prohibitied from being used, and being a great day for LGBT Jews (and non-Jews as well). Although, I still think it would be a...
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    Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13

    I can't really add anything to the discussion, but, I did read something interesting by Rabbi Michael Lerner recently: I'm not sure if that comment was more tongue-in-cheek, or what, but, I found it like something good to say next time someone repeats the verse and condemns a gay person...
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    Books on Judaism

    Thanks very much, I liked what I've read of his books so far, and he also seems to be able to explain Kabbalah and other aspects of Jewish mysticism in an understandable manner. I think I will definitely try to attend then, sometime, it does sound very interesting and quite cool.
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    Books on Judaism

    Sorry for having to split the post, but, apparantly, it was too long altogether.
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    Books on Judaism

    Thanks for the summary of the Orthodox position, I thought that that would probably be one of the denominations that would have a problem with my sexuality, maybe one day, in the distant future, there'll be more Orthodox Rabbi's like Greenberg, willing to come out, and be Orthodox and gay, and...
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