judaism would be lost on my kids.predominantly jewish neighborhood, they're not going to a jewish -- no one else i know at their school is jewish. so unless i'm intentional about it, that we really talk about the holidays and the stories and the history, i think it would be lost. so i feel much more intentional then i might be if i were with a jewish partner. my mother was a holocaust survivor, and her mother and step-father perished in the holocaust, that i do feel strongly and one of the concerns i had before we got married was wanting to pass on a sense of jewishness to my children. what are those times when you realize that you're in a relationship that's different? like december is this black month for terry. i think that oftentimes he feels like it's this big party that jews aren't invited to. and i remember one of first discussions that we had was over a christmas tree and what a big, loaded deal that was. and we've talked about it and we've worked it out and we have our own kind of celebrations, and we do hann

judaism would be lost on my kids.predominantly jewish neighborhood, they're not going to a jewish -- no one else i know at their school is jewish. so unless i'm intentional about it, that we really talk about the holidays and the stories and the history, i think it would be lost. so i feel much more intentional then i might be if i were with a jewish partner. my mother was a holocaust survivor, and her mother and step-father perished in the holocaust, that i do feel strongly and one of the concerns i had before we got married was wanting to pass on a sense of jewishness to my children. what are those times when you realize that you're in a relationship that's different? like december is this black month for terry. i think that oftentimes he feels like it's this big party that jews aren't invited to. and i remember one of first discussions that we had was over a christmas tree and what a big, loaded deal that was. and we've talked about it and we've worked it out and we have our own kind of celebrations, and we do hann

. >> and that is an english play on judaism. and it's an english adaptation. >> right, we were trying to be funny. but we wanted it to be jewish in flavor. >> and, what is the relationship between upstart and god cast? >> well, god cast is an example of our starters. a woman brought jewish stories and bible stories to life through media. and god-cast was started for young adults. they are going on you tube and facebook and twitter. so by connecting jewish text with the internet age. we are keeping tradition alive. and so, as on organization, we are looking for people like sarah who are tapping into people where they are and meeting their immediates and exposing them to their rich tradition. >> thank you so much. we are going do take a quick break. please join us in just a moment when we come back. life -- an everyday miracle of survival. today, the future of all life on earth hangs in the balance. what happens next depends on us. jason mraz: ♪ well, open up your mind and see like me ♪ ♪ open up your plans and, damn, you're free

when did they suddenly make judaism into a universal religion?"e listened to paul because he was the perfect man for the job, able to speak to both jews and gentiles in their own language. >> so he's one of the first really powerful intellect to convert to christianity in the 1st century. >> just what did this cosmopolitan jew say to the pagans to make them give up their ancient gods and believe in jesus? >> this is the one who could heal your child, if your child was sick. this is the one who could end the drought, who could end the famine. this was the god who could raise the dead. this was the god who could do miracles and so this was the only god to be worshipped. >> indeed, paul's first mission abroad was so successful that for the first time, the followers of jesus get the name by which they will be known forever. >> in the acts of the apostles, luke tells us that it was an antioch that the believers were first called christians. >> there's some evidence to suggest the term "christian" itself was actually used by the opponents of the followe

this is a hindrance of the spread of judaism. i urge you to err on the side of caution so it won't be interrupted. vice president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, planning commission. in the 1900's, the first act of blood shed against jews were carried out in the red army. attacks, it was so harsh it was difficult to count the loss of jews. it was determined by the theories and practice of the communist party. religious freedom and wanted to practice judaism. they couldn't thank god. thanks to america policy for religious freedom, we have the hebrew academy, the only school in north california that offers jewish opportunity the opportunity to study jewish culture and how it feels being a jew. it cause many of the friends to live because parents are afraid of the installation. you may ask, i do not believe in san francisco. it takes up to an hour to drive to the hebrew academy. you may ask why aren't there any other good schools in your area? i have made good friends during the five years i have been here. i ask you, planning

>> traditional christianity, islam and judaism espoused the idea of a final judgment, that is true. >> and you believe that as part of your crede. >> i think i'm going to die and stand before god and have to give him a personal account. >> that's the particular judgment, what about the final judgment when we're all gathered together in a giant plane? >> i don't know about the plane thing but i think that's going to happen. >> you do. >> yeah. >> you think it's literally going to happen with the resurrection of the body. >> the whole thing there the whole thing. >> the whole thing. >> you don't put any limits on it, any symbolic reading into it to dilute it of its literacy. >> rich symbolism, i wouldn't deny that. but i'm not sure what interest i would have in saying it doesn't mean what it says, i think it does mr. do you have a particular judgment and if you stand before someone whom will that be. >> i believe under their judgment all human beings, creation will stand before god for judgment, for that which they did or said or how they acted in life. >> who is god? >> god is the almi

i probably brought the most baggage to my own faith judaism because of my history or lack of history, whatever feelings of guilt i may have had. and so i decided to dive into the mystical arm, if you will, of judaism which is kabala and i traveled to israel. i wasn't expecting to find much. again, i was surprised by the deeply spiritual lives, the kabalists i met were leading. these were people who had sort of cobbled together a kind of free lance judaism that was very impressive. >> suarez: so we spend 300-plus pages as your elbow as you go through a smorgasboard. are you still hungry? where are you at now? >> i'm less hungry. i'm somewhat less confused. but i don't have a hollywood ending for you. i don't walk off into the sunset with the diety of my dreams or anything like that. and i think, in fact, the question that set me off this search "have you found your god yet? -- is not exactly the right question. god is not a destination. it's not a train station or an airport that we arrive at. the austrian poet said god is a direction. and i quite like that. we don't arrive at a direct

also, judaism forbids the worship of images and idols, especially of someone claiming to be god.id not stop christians from imagining how jesus looked. ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth ♪ >> he was first depicted as a triumphant sun god, like apollo. since then, jesus has been re-imagined by every generation and movies have never tired of portraying him, from "jesus christ superstar" to the brooding artist in "jesus of montreal" to the smiling buddy christ of the film "dogma." ♪ hallelujah >> jesus is not, as far as i can tell historically, the blonde, blue-eyed max von sydow version or even jeffrey hunter who we get from the movies. >> i think he would have looked very much like what we know by the term "hippies." >> now, we may be able to literally put some flesh on the bones of centuries of guessing. that's what the noted medical and forensic artist richard neave did when biblical scholars gave him a copy of a skull from the first century, found in the present-day israel. they wanted to get an idea of what a man from jesus' time and place might have looked like. >> it is

and secondly, what about the issue of islam, judaism, and the other religions? >> fist of all, i never taken a position at all about a christmas tree. the displays are there just to allow the christian displays to be there. it was there with privileged access for decades. and it's only in the last three years they allowed any there. >> this is not a debate we will solve tonight. we appreciate your time. we are out of time. we have to go back to you, lesli. >> thank you, derek. protesters from around the country take over capitol hill today staging a sit in for jobs. our delia goncalves is live on capitol hill to tell us more about this all-day demonstration. >> that's right, lesli. i just got off the phone with a spokesperson who tells me that protesters just left senate office buildings as you said, after sitting there all day long demanding meetings with key lawmakers. >> their faces said, we mean business, as they marched down the halls of the senate russell building. >> can you tell us your plans today? >> we plan to leave with the senator. >> about 20 prote

that, of course, is judaism which is another religion of the word. so i think that is a really, that's as good as answer as i can get to that question. i come from scotland which has a curious history in this regard, and something that i alluded to in the book. if you had gone to scotland early in my story, say, in the late '60s, early 17th century when the calvinists were reading, taking control come and remember, i imagine was rather like tehran not long after the islamic revolution. it was a bureaucratic and tolerant, rather awful society to be a part of. over the levels of in tolerances of even having fun in any shape or form were amazingly high. this was the extreme case of puritanism, and yet in that same city, edinburg, within a century you had one of the greatest secular thinkings, delight meant, of all time. this is the city that produces adam smith and all his contemporaries. probably the greatest generation of intellectuals the west has ever seen. so something extraordinary happened in scotland which i don't think historians have yet fully

a k, to ward ethic with a d that is really important about protestantism and that is also true is judaism which is another religion of the word. so i think that is as good an answer is i as i can give to that question. i come from scotland which has a curious history in this regard and something i allude to in the book. if you had gone to scotland early in my story, say in the late 16, 17 and censure when a calvinist were really taking control and when edinboro, i imagine was rather like tehran after the islamic revolution, it was a theocratic am intolerant and rather awful society to be a part of. with a level of an intolerance of even having fun in any shape or form were amazingly high. but this was the extreme case of puritanism and yet, in that same city of edinburgh within a century you had one of the greatest flowering south secular thinking, the enlightenment, of all time. this is the city that produces adam smith and all of his contemporaries. probably the greatest generation of intellectuals the west has ever seen. something extraordinary happens in scotland which i don't think h

it resembles judaism; it resembles our belief system.t like oil gives light into a dark room, just like it brings warmth; for a jew, it also brings warmth and light into his own personal life and into the world as a whole. according to jewish law, you can use almost any type of oil except oil that gives off a bad smell. in the temple time, it had to be pure olive oil. they actually used only the first pressing of the olive. so we show the children how they actually did the first pressing. >> in our menorah we don't have any wicks. we actually make the wicks out of cotton balls. once you have the wick, the oil will continue to flame for a long time. there is a lot of darkness in the world. there's a lot of hardships in the world. we have an opportunity to bring some light. >> that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook, find us on youtube, and watch us anytime, anywhere on smart phones. there's also much more on our website. you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video

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in early judaism, there was a saying that when you find someone who can give sight to the blind, you will know for sure messiah has come. well, that's what this story is about, and it's masterfully told. it's the longest continuous narrative in the gospel of john and it's really a story of ship's passing in the night, for the blind man gains sight, and more insight, and more insight, as the story goes further and further, until finally he's going to kneel and confess jesus to be the son of man, which is what jesus asks of the man. "'do you believe in the son of man?' he answered, 'and who is he, sir, that i may believe in him?' jesus said to him, 'you have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.'" witherington: it's the only place in the gospels jesus has confessed to be the son of man. by contrast, you have the pharisees and the jewish authorities who claim to see, to understand, to know all about what messiah must be like. and they become more hardhearted and blinder and blinder. so the story climaxes with them saying, "surely, you're not saying we, too, are blind." it's a m

. >> and, of course, the number seven has a symbolic sort of resonance in early judaism.mplete set. so, it means she was as bad off as she possibly could be. she was as possessed as one could imagine a person to be possessed. she had a full set of demons. >> this introduction of a demonic mary magdalene has also overshadowed what is later mentioned in the gospel of luke, that she was a woman of resources, very likely helping to bankroll the ministry of this itinerant rabbi. >> jesus is supported by women. women pay his bills. mary magdalene supports him in terms of deep and abiding friendship and fidelity. >> the source of her income was probably the fishing business, which in first century galilee, historians tell us, was profitable and tough, just as it is today. >> if she grew up in a fishing village, i'm putting my money on the fact that somehow, some way, she was involved in that trade, or helping somebody in that trade. and so, i would say that she was a working girl. >> while the virgin mary's hometown of nazareth has become a shrine to her memory, mary magdalene's

he spoke to the union for reform judaism convention in maryland. also touching on the health care law he signed, his economic agenda and social issues. this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please, welcome rabbi eric yoffi, president of the union for reform judaism. [cheers and applause] >> you may be wonder oring why i asked you here today. [laughter] i will not pretend to introduce president barack obama as if you do not know who he is, you do. the world does. and we know that across the panorama of american history the changes of our national journey are often marked by extraordinary people. this president facing some of the most daunting economic and foreign policy challenges of our lifetimes is just such a person. the president has arrived and is listening as he prepares to join us. allow me, mr. president, to introduce our movement to you, the reform movement is the largest segment of north american -- [inaudible] with nearly 1.5 million members. [cheers and applause] and over the last 50 years, we have been the fastest-growing t

of this earth are you fine people who have a religion that may be different from christianity or judaism or other religions, but they are not radicals. they're not terrorists. they are fine people. and yet, there is a small minority of muslims that have engaged in terrorist acts that organize to do those things. and we are reluctant as americans to take a bad debate can compete with those ideas. they are not reluctant. there are recruiting. they are out raising money. they are out organizing and there are planning attacks against the nationstate, that because they have a conviction that it is their calling to do that. so the fact that we are willing to engage in that debate were not skillful addict or reluctant to do it leaves people with a vagueness as to why -- why people have to do things. the wonderful thing i found that the men and women in the armed forces is that they are there whether they are serving in korea or in bosnia or in iraq or afghanistan. they know what they are doing. they understand it. they are proud of what they were doing. thanks to modern communications and e-mai

president obama just finished speaking at a conference of the union of reform judaism in washington.he made this appearance today as republican presidential candidates are blasting him for his policies on israel. he did make mention of iran, saying the u.s. will take no options off the table. also at today's conference, israeli defense minister ehud barak and house minority leader, eric captor. >>> the witness in the penn state scape dal says he saw jerry sandusky assault a boy in a shower mike mcqueary told university officials about the encounter and he told them "it was extremely sexual in nature." mcqueer riff at a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to try both penn state's fired athletic director, tim curley and former university vice president gary schultz for like. >>> and questions lead to a demand for an independent review of how police conducted the search for this little girl, 7-year-old jorelys rivera. the mayor of canton, georgia, where she lived, wants to know why sheriff deputies weren't debriefed after searching and clearing the vacant apartment where, a

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. >> president obama spoke friday at the 71st general assembly of the union for reform judaism. this event took place in maryland. it is about 30 minutes. >> thank you. [applause] thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you, everybody. thank you. please, please have a seat. making me blush. [laughter] thank you, eric, for that extraordinary introduction, and for your many years of leadership in the reform movement. even though it is a few hours early, i would like to wish all of you shalom. [applause] there are a lot of familiar faces in the house. i want to welcome israel's deputy prime minister and defense minister, ehud barak. [applause] the cooperation between our military's has never been stronger, and i want to thank ehud for his leadership and a lifelong commitment to israel's security. i also want to recognize the israeli ambassador who is here with us today. [applause] young people are going to lead the way, and they are leading the way. [applause] there you go. i'm fired up just listening to them. i am honored to be here because of the proud history and

so many books about jerusalem have been written from the perspective of judaism or christianity or islamthere. but he really tries to tell you what the life of the city has been like from the temples of david and solomon through bethlehem, you know, is right next door, how important it was to christians, how it was the great scene of fighting in the crusades and why the dome of the rock from which the muslims believe muhammed ascended into heaven, why it means so much to everybody and why it's so spectacular. you fall in love with the city and it breaks your heart that people can't make peace over it because it's a treasure. it's a wonderful book. >> a biography of the city, you make it so impossible not to pick that up. but i want to also ask you about something that you said in september. you said when everyone else counted gingrich out, you did not. >> no. >> you said don't count him out. you also, having worked with him, i'm wanting to know putting aside politics, do you see newt gingrich as a man who has the temperament, the leadership qualities to be president of the united states?

later, president obama's wrote remarks at the 71st general assembly at the union of reformed judaism conference. tomorrow on washington journal, kaiser health news on medicare costs. kevin mccormally on tax issues for 2012. washington journal is live at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. >> which part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? that is our question in the year's studentcam competition. make a video by-eight minutes long and tell us be part of the constitution that is important to you and why. include more than one point of view and a video of c-span programing. submissions are due january 20, 2012. for all the details, go to studentcam.org. i [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> richard norton smith, "the contenders," 14 weeks -- what was your idea? >> first and foremost, it was the stories -- personal stories within the historical context of these 14 individuals. each of them had the unique experience and made a unique contribution to the story of the country. above all else, it was a chance

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am i going to take the risk of presiding over the second ha holocaust, which would mean the end of judaism in the planet. >> that kind of rhetoric might explain why former vice president dick cheney fondly remembered gingrich's time as speaker. in an interview with cnn's erin burnett. >> he was tenacious and kept it up, kept if up and kept it up. finally by '94 newly elected speaker of the house of representatives with the republican majority. i wouldn't underestimate. >> reporter: the one-on-one debate was no match for gingrich and romney. >> do you believe he should give that money back? >> i sure do. gingrich was ready for that one saying romney should try compensating people he downsized as head of a private investment firm. >> romney would like to give back all the money he earned from bankrupting companies. >> reporter: romney told politico their battle for nomination could go on for months. >> is newt gingrich the frontrunner in this race? >> as of right now. >> the former speaker repeated his challenge to president obama for their own series of lincoln/douglas debates. the modriera

this is in washington, the conference of the union for reform judaism.andidates blast him for his policies on israel. also there in attendance, israeli defense sin mer, ehud barak and house majority leader, eric cantor. we are watching that for you there as well. >>> another government shutdown averted, maybe most likely. the house just passed the house spending plan a couple of minutes ago. the measure now, as you know, headed to the senate where approval is also expected. but what if that vote doesn't come in time? senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says, not to worry. >> the administration takes a view that if the appropriation -- the final appropriation bill's passed one house this afternoon, quo have that vote today or it could be tomorrow but the administration, i'm told by the majority leader takes the view that if it has passed one house there would not be a government shutdown. i think everybody should be reassured that's not going to happen. >>> also today, the star witness in the penn state scandal testifies he saw jerry sandusky molesting

of this earth are you fine people who have a religion that may be different from christianity or judaism or other religions, but they are not radicals. they're not terrorists. they are fine people. and yet, there is a small minority of muslims that have engaged in terrorist acts that organize to do those things. and we are reluctant as americans to take a bad debate can compete with those ideas. they are not reluctant. there are recruiting. they are out raising money. they are out organizing and there are planning attacks against the nationstate, that because they have a conviction that it is their calling to do that. so the fact that we are willing to engage in that debate were not skillful addict or reluctant to do it leaves people with a vagueness as to why -- why people have to do things. the wonderful thing i found that the men and women in the armed forces is that they are there whether they are serving in korea or in bosnia or in iraq or afghanistan. they know what they are doing. they understand it. they are proud of what they were doing. thanks to modern communications and e-mai

presiding over the second holocaust, which would mean for all practical practices virtually the end of judaismeney finally remembered newt gingrich's time as speaker in an interview with cnn's erin burnett. >> kept it up, kept it up, by '94, the newly elected speaker with the republican majority. so i wouldn't underestimate him. >> reporter: the one-on-one debate was no match for the fight between gingrich and mitt romney who said the former speaker should give back some of the money he made advising housing giant freddie mac. >> should we give that money back? >> i sure do. >> reporter: gingrich was ready for that saying romney should try compensating people in a downsize. >> if governor romney would give back the money from bankrupt companies and laying off employees over his years, then i would be glad to listen to him. >> reporter: romney told politico the battle could go on for months and called gingrich the man to beat. >> is newt gingrich the front-runner in this race? >> he is right now. >> reporter: as for huntsman versus gingrich, the former speaker repeated his charge to president o

of this earth are you fine people who have a religion that may be different from christianity or judaism or other religions, but they are not radicals. they're not terrorists. they are fine people. and yet, there is a small minority of muslims that have engaged in terrorist acts that organize to do those things. and we are reluctant as americans to take a bad debate can compete with those ideas. they are not reluctant. there are recruiting. they are out raising money. they are out organizing and there are planning attacks against the nationstate, that because they have a conviction that it is their calling to do that. so the fact that we are willing to engage in that debate were not skillful addict or reluctant to do it leaves people with a vagueness as to why -- why people have to do things. the wonderful thing i found that the men and women in the armed forces is that they are there whether they are serving in korea or in bosnia or in iraq or afghanistan. they know what they are doing. they understand it. they are proud of what they were doing. thanks to modern communications and e-mai