Jewish Info from Jews for Jesus
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JEWISH HOLIDAY
January 25 is the minor holiday (not commanded in Scripture) of Tu Bi-Shevat, traditionally marking the beginning of springtime in Israel. It is also considered the "New Year of Trees." One custom associated with this holiday is tree planting.
For more on Tu Bi-Shevat, see:
On the Jews for Jesus site:
http://www.jewsforjesus.org/special/tub
For an index of Jewish sites representing various modern-day Jewish approaches to the holiday, see:
http://www.mavensearch.com/subjects.a
One site we didn't see listed in the above index is:
http://www.myjewishlearning.com:80/holi
For the Jewish National Fund's online tree planting center, where you can plant a tree as a gift or in memory of a loved one, visit:
http://www.jnf.org/site/PageServer?page
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One more thing: some of the mainstream Jewish sites speak of the Kabbalah. Kabbalah is a kind of Jewish mysticism that -- at least in its current popular form -- tends to be "New-Age" in its orientation. For our take on the Kabbalah, see our online articles:
"Kabbalah: Fact or Fiction?"
http://www.jfjonline.org/pub/issues/1
"A History of the Kabbalah"
http://www.jfjonline.org/pub/issues/1
PLEASE NOTE: We do not necessarily endorse all the content you will see on all the sites we've mentioned, but if you read them judiciously, we hope you will find them both interesting and helpful for learning.
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A MESSIANIC JEWISH LOOK AT TRAGEDY
An article written by Susan Perlman, "If You Want Life, Expect Pain" might be a helpful resource for you, should you find yourself engaged in this type of philosophical discussion. You can read the article or direct a friend to it at:
http://www.jewsforjesus.org/library/iss
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THE HISTORY OF JEWISH MISSIONS IS BECOMING AVAILABLE ONLINE ... VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
As society moves more and more into the digital age, so does the history of Jewish missions! Jews for Jesus staffer Rich Robinson has been overseeing an effort called the Digital Jewish Missions History Project, an online digital library of primary source materials from the history of Jewish evangelism. The site will include all kinds of things you wouldn't see elsewhere: mission reports newspaper articles, books, conference papers, and photographs from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Since a variety of Jewish missions will be represented and not just Jews for Jesus, the library has been placed on the site of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, an umbrella agency for Jewish mission agencies, of which Jews for Jesus is a founding member.
Enter the library now at this link to begin exploring the approximately 75 items already on the site: http://www.lcje.net/history
And we need volunteers! Are you computer savvy or technically minded? Just as many of the best-known online libraries work through a system of volunteers, so here also volunteers are needed. We are looking for people to locate, scan, re-type and proofread material, and we need one or two people knowledgeable enough to offer technical or programming help. See the front page of the library for more details, or contact Rich Robinson at jfjweb@jewsforjesus.org for more information.
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To find out about having one of our missionaries speak at your church, click here:
http://www.jfjonline.org/pastors/domeco
To make an online donation, click here:
https://secure.jewsforjesus.org/jfjonli
To pass on names of Christian friends who might like to hear from us click here:
http://www.jfjonline.org/pub/e-pubs/fri
If you want us to witness to your Jewish friend through our Letter of Witness program, click here for a form where you can fill out both you and your Jewish friend's name and address (we'll need yours for our records if you submit the name of a Jewish friend):
http://www.jfjonline.org/pub/contact.ht
To see back issues of Jews for Jesus Real Time click here:
http://www.jfjonline.org/pub/realtime.h
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