it is the rabbis who now emerge as a new kind of judaism, and it is this judaism which will endure from the second century of our era down to our own age. ( music playing ) >> narrator: the failure of the first revolt also created a crisis for early christians who were still a part of judaism. the kingdom had not come; the messiah had not arrived. the followers of jesus coped by telling stories about the man they had expected would deliver the new kingdom on earth. >> we have to remember that jesus died around 30. for 40 years there's no written gospel of his life, until after the revolt. during that time, we have very little in the way of written records within christianity. our first writer in the new testament is paul, and his first letter is dated around 50 to 52; so still a good 20 years after jesus himself. but it appears that in between the death of jesus and the writing of the first gospel, mark, that they clearly are telling stories. they're passing on the tradition of what happened to jesus-- what he stood for and what he did-- orally, by telling it and retelling it. >> narrat

it's because of diaspora judaism, which is extremely well established, that... that christianity itself, as a... a new and constantly improvising form of judaism, is able to spread as it does throughout the roman world. >> narrator: paul himself was a diaspora jew. convinced that god had chosen him to spread the word about jesus, he traveled to antioch, the capital of roman syria. >> antioch has one of the largest jewish communities outside of the jewish homeland-- it's been suggested that maybe something like 40,000 people in this jewish community. so we can... we must imagine a number of different jewish congregations and subsections of the city in and through which paul could have moved and still felt very much at home within the jewish community. >> wherever you have a sufficient number of jews, you would have a jewish community. wherever you have a jewish community, you would have a jewish synagogue. >> narrator: by the fourth century, the synagogue had become a formal place of worship. but in paul's day, especially in the diaspora, it was more of a communi

not representing judaism. like they had done many times as before.t they said this time we need do something much more. so they decided they would come to washington, d.c. and they would articulate this kind of sentiment growing that time. so september 19 -- 2010. we add major press conference in the national press building. where we had the summit of religious people there representing all these different organizations. and there they did the same thing that they had been doing. that they rejected this muslim, this bigotry. but tle did something more than that. they sat together and they created a campaign called shoulder to shoulder with american muslims upholding american values. and you know what american values are. they said that if these people who are christians and jews, who are attacking islam in america, are not a loving muslim to freely practice their religion, we cannot allow this to happen. because attacking one religion in america is attacking all our religions and they are actually robbers. they are robbing america of the great legacy

people say, the true judaism from the true islam. think these are both, you see this dimension, these two dimensions in all religions. and which cite the emergence is a complex issue as well. again, social, political and economic fact of the role that religion cannot be reduced to these factors. the major religions also have histories which have given them a unique character and this also has to be studied in order to get an understanding of which side of a religion will be merged under a given set of circumstances. what this means is that religion is the problem but it can also be the solution if we can find ways to accentuate a peaceful dimension of religion and strengthen the representatives of that dimension to i myself have written about this issue with respect to judaism. my latest book which came out in two and 20 love isn't a the peace and violence of judaism from the bible to modern zionism. what i do is i try to examine both the peaceful violent dimensions that are developed from the bible onward in order to try to better u

while there are, the thing that is so important as what is the response of normative judaism? what is the response of the corrective aspect? here's something we can all learn from. not to give too many examples, but another one that comes to my mind, the story of ted basu went and staff individuals of the mennonites who are cohabitating with the israelite was a violation of oral law. the next section of the torah tells us he was given a brief shalom, a covenant of peace. he was rewarded for what he did, but again, that same tradition that basically proposed the story of the miracle of the oil was quick to add it wasn't necessarily given to him as a note or. or rather, it was presented as a corrective. that is why he was given the covenant of peace in order to restrain it, not necessarily rewarded. i think what we need to do with emphasize those aspects of our tradition. if we fast-forward to today, how was it that we deal with extremism and ultimately will be the responsibility of the religious organizations. we look at, for example, the horrible situation several years ago wh

there are positive prayers in judaism that say may we have as many privileges as a pomegranate has seedse name was chosen after a strong fruit that symbolizes goodness and with the hope that we will always symbolize goodness in this facility. >> rimonim is not the only israeli prison whose name holds a special meaning. there is only one prison in the entire nation that houses female inmates. its name is neve tirza, which means oasis of strong women. >> the most striking thing about neve tirza is that it is the only female prison in israel, and it has 215 beds. to give you some perspective, the state of virginia has the same population as israel and six times as many female inmates. >> we have all types. long sentences, short sentences, minors, old women. everybody is here. every kind of crime you can think of, murderers, sex offenders, drug dealers, white collar. >> you have white-collar criminals with someone who has committed murder? >> right. >> like rimonim, neve tirza also places an emphasis on rehabilitation. and in certain areas could be mistaken for a college campus. but to inmat

. >> the balance of power in ç judaism is moving away from synagogue-based celebrations to si that isecause of hanukkah, because of the passover seder, because of a whole series of things actually has a leg up in this transition, because so much of it is already -x >> even though we do it at home, when we light the hanukkiyah, what some people call the menorah, the eight candles plus the little ninth service candle, we put it in the window. and letting everybody see here we are, this is our holiday, and every night as you walk by my window you'll see more light. >> this is one of the times ç where chabad actually might have gotten it right. s, the bigger, the better, the larger the menorah, the more central it is. publicizing the mitzvah is inherent to celebrating hanukkah. ♪ every flame is a signalç we don't hide anymore ♪ ♪ put the light in the window>p that's what hanukkah's for ♪ >> if the rabbis could have, they would have suppressed the holiday entirely because it's militaristic. they really couldn't stand the maccabees. the truth is in the jewish community, in the christian

who are also spinning -- just imagine they would risk their lives for judaism. hanukkah is a holiday that is really fun, and holds a special meaning for me and all jews. [applause] >> our second winner -- we are now going to hear from our first winner. >> hanukkah means different things to different people. to little kids hanukkah means presents. to adults hanukkah means spending time with family. to me hanukkah means going outism might ask what does that mean? the second night of hanukkah is salvation for going out because every night you add more light by lighting another kane. so, too, does a ju by doing there is important mitzvah. this leads to more and one good deed leads to another. we should try to do more good deeds every day. it's important me to add more light in honor of my grandmother, who passed away on the second night of hanukkah many years ago. my favorite -- i -- i know i not only elevating myself but my grandmother's soul, too. [applause] >> now, with those wonderful essays or what? when we hear children speak in this way, we know that we have

. >> christianity, judaism, and islam have so much in common. >> with christiane amanpour, danger isl. and so are the discoveries. >> our guide is carrying a gun. >> look at this, guys. is this cool or what? >> as we trace the saga, spanning generations of greed, envy, love, betrayal, and forgiveness, back. back to the beginning with christiane amanpour. >>> we're thrilled to have you join us on a great adventure, a trip across the ancient world, as we plumb the secrets and the mysteries of the stories of the bible. hello, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour. and those stories, from genesis to jesus, still incredibly today have the power to comfort us and to guide us, to cause us to go to war and also to make peace. today jews, christians, and muslims revere the same tortured, often brave, always fallible heroes that stride across the pages of this book. as our journey continued, we headed east into the sinai desert, following the trail of yet another complicated biblical hero. moses, wanted for murdering an egyptian slave driver who was beating up an israelite worker. the bible says t

it is also the most sacred site in judaism.he arc of the covenant was stored here in the jewish temple that once stood on plateau. there is nothing left standing of the temple today. only part of the outer wall remains. it is known to the world as the western wall. although jews are allowed to visit, they are not allowed to pray there. but some right wing groups regularly visit demanding the right to worship there. >> it is 150,000 square meters. jews do not have the least bit of interest going into the mosque. it is not the case. it is a mosque. they are free to pray there. we are not suggesting they shouldn't be free to pray there. we are not saying our rights should be instead of their rights. we are saying their rights shouldn't be instead of our rights. >> many believe reiterating the claim will only lead to further tension. >> at the moment that fuels the conflict and to no avail. i am a religious person. it is sacred to jews. the current situation we shouldn't push that. >> despite the israeli government repeatedly decla

kind of well you know i think this happened a lot, they forgot they were jewish and ignored their judaismt's ignore him. silence. and indeed, jacob schiff, who was probably the leading american jew of that time wealthy, proud, he was really at the end of his life but jacob schiff was very nervous about taking on an industrialist like henry ford, who was a hero who some people thought should be president, and his sense was maybe let's not do anything. let's ignore it. if we give it publicity it will only make it -- >> worse. >> -- worse. said he. and that was a very powerful voice. not to respond do you think everybody agreed with that? why not? what's the problem with not responding? yeah. >> it's hard to just sit there and take it, and also, if you don't refute it, that's kind of saying like yeah, that's true. >> exactly. not to respond is to suggest that i can't respond, so naturally, there were people very unhappy and you can certainly see in jewish newspapers and elsewhere various kinds of responses, actually although they don't quite mention henry ford by name the american jewish yea

just imagine that they would risk their lives for judaism. hanukkah is a holiday that is really fun and holds a special meaning for me and all jewish. [applause] >> our second winner, that was stacy fogleman from the new england academy and we are now going to hear from our first winner. >> what chanukah means to me. hanukkah means different things to different people. two little kids chanukah means presence and to adult chanukah means spending time with them. to me it means going without. every night you add more light by adding another candle. this will lead to more. one good deed leads to another. we can strive to do more good deeds every day. it's important to me to add more light in honor of my grandmother passed away on the second day of hanukkah many years ago. my favorite way to add to the old and sick people and sing hanukkah songs with him. when i do this i'm not only elevating myself but my grandmother sold too. [applause] >> when we hear children speak in this way we know that we have a future as our people. [applause] >> now as y

judaism and christianity to be sure but islam also.es, our joyce and our struggles all are written on the heart of the one at the center of creation. if i listen to these readings, though a single phrase in them caught me. near the end of paul's words on love we heard him say this. for now we see in a mirror dimly, but then we'll see face to face. now i know in part. then i will know fully even as i have been known. most of us gathered in this room today are knowing worldly types. and we live our lives thinking that we know what's really going on. but paul suggests a deeper mystery about human experience. in our earthly state we see only through a glass darkly. we know the part but not the whole. our day-to-day lives are spent focused on the claims that tell us that they are urgent. we do not normally attend to the things that really matter. so we do see through a glass darkly. but every once in a while a person appears among us who allows us to see things more clearly. in the dim light of day-to-day life we don't see very well at all,

he was not an observant but deeply connected to judaism. he was not that good-looking and he he was a small and rather fragile man and he was in bad health and his wife was in bad health for much of the time. a variety i think of personal and psychological circumstances or considerations contributed to this reticence to become a public figure. it's very easy to take the writings of the very cop located and difficult writings of someone who may have a lot of brilliant thoughts in those writings and then turned them into a cult figure if they themselves have been either reticent or speaking in different voices about different issues that lent itself to that. but if you are out there and speak clearly and publicly about your views and it's going to be harder for people to misuse your thought to support other views. not impossible and certainly i don't think anyone can be 100% responsible for the use of their ideas after they have passed away. that would be kind of along the lines of verse bonds and i'm hope that's helpful. >> anything else? >>

this is like the basement of anything that judaism would stand for. the army of tomorrow is the group of children today. what is there for you when you become 18? 36% of the boys have to go. 45% of them witnessed the beating and the killing of their fathers. they immediately switch from the helpless father, who could not protect them, to somebody who is more thoughtful. jews who are armed with machine guns and military jeeps victimize these children, and when we allow the children to play this game as part of the therapy, many of the children prefer to play the role of the jew in the game because that is power. ♪ >> under the deep strains of the current intifada, very few israelis went on examining how to make core examples tense happen. she is -- core existence. >> i asked to speak with prime minister netanyahu. i wrote to him five times. and then he doesn't want to speak with me. in the letters i wrote i want you to look me in the eye and to tell me that my son died for a reason. i want you to look at me. he never had the courage to do it. i feel a

jews come here to pray at rachel's tomb judaism's third holiest site.l was the beloved wife of jacob the third patriarch she died in child birth. muslims also reveer bethlehem. they believe the prophet mohammed stopped here escorted by gabriel on a midnight ride to visit the birth place of jesus. >> of course for christians bethlehem the city of king david is the birth place of jesus christ. >> you can see how it attracts people from all over the world because this is the birth of the savior not just of an important historical figure. >> father jerome murphy o'connor served in israel for 40 years he took us on the tour of the church of nativity along side major square. he has seen many changes. >> where have all of the christians gone? >> they are afraid to come. >> they are afraid of all of the turmoil and fighting that has plagued this area. >> this bethlehem used to be 100 percent christian. now it stands only above 35. >> i talked with people who used to wait in line for hours to get into the church of the nativity. now it looks like you can walk ri

in one version they are -- or they converted to judaism. important thing was that for cameron -- he took it as an article of religious faith he was the true jew and the jews he saw in america were usurpers and he believed, as anglo israelites did, the anglo israelites believed there were two people really vying to be the chosen people. the anglo-saxons and the jews, and it was essential for the good of civilization for which group to win? >> the anglo-saxons. >> yeah, that the anglo-saxon should win. you see, this was not the only -- anti-semi was not a word they would have minded. it is not that we are imposing that word on them. some of the people who work on the "the dearborn independent" clearly viewed themselves as anti-semitic. they would not mind being known as anti-semites. and indeed we know, ford's own wife ernest lee bowled another , ford associate, does not like jews and so on. we reach here the 1920's. just in terms of the economics of the auto industry, the 20's are not a really good decade for henry ford. and the reason was h

the tradition that goes back through the history of judaism, eveninto into the ancient world, the romans and the greeks. peopletruth that wise have thought about over the years, because we understand, in an incredibly technologically sophisticated moment that we are all experiencing and honestly, being very annoyed by often. we understand that it's not just that we need. you know, with all due respect sergeant friday, it isn't just the facts, ma'am, that we need. the meaning behind the facts. it's wisdom that we need, not just data. wisdom. and this is the reflection of an holistic view of who human beings are. of you are involved in the work, business. you have many literally mundane concerns. concernsmeaning daily that occupy your time. and some of you may think, well, particularly spiritual or poetic dimension to worrying about accounts and how factory is operating or whatever physical labor you're involved with. you may think, that's the world utility and it has nothing to do with the world of beauty or morality or tra transcendence. but that's a mistake and it's a deadly mistake. hu

kind of well you know i think this happened a lot, they forgot they were jewish and ignored their judaism let's ignore him. silence. and indeed, jacob schiff, who was probably the leading american jew of that time wealthy, proud, he was really at the end of his life but jacob schiff was very nervous about taking on an industrialist like henry ford, who was a hero who some people thought should be president, and his sense was maybe let's not do anything. let's ignore it. if we give it publicity it will only make it -- >> worse. >> -- worse. said he. and that was a very powerful voice. not to respond do you think everybody agreed with that? why not? what's the problem with not responding? yeah. >> it's hard to just sit there and take it, and also, if you don't refute it, that's kind of saying like yeah, that's true. >> exactly. not to respond is to suggest that i can't respond, so naturally, there were people very unhappy and you can certainly see in jewish newspapers and elsewhere various kinds of responses, actually although they don't quite mention henry ford by name the american jewish

. >> next to jerusalem judaism holiest site and islam's third. >> you benched jerusalem.ave medina in return for jerusalem and 20,000 billion gallons of oil and we want 60% of any merchandise you sell from jerusalem and future sales to other religions. >> i have no comeback. anything i say right now would get me a fatwa. he's good. this is how good the jews are. >> and to the moderator who should pick up where the united states has failed. >> i think zimbabwe. >> what deal did you cut with them already? >> there are no arabs in zimbabwe. >> there are no jews there. >> there are diamond mines. you know there are jews around. let's very zimbabwe as a fair negotiator between us. >>> and how do comedians find comedy in such a serious conflict? >> it's the only thing you've got left. this is all you've got left in terms of humor if there is any humor. sometimes there is. >> this became a very sad interview. >> taking on a conflict only israeli and palestinian comedians can. ian lee, cnn. nice so see some commonalities there with humor. red carpets are full of glamour and fun i

the same as temple mount in jerusalem for those who confess islam and judaism. and this is exactly how we will treat it from here for ever. >> ifill: for many observers, the speech was classic putin, using television to assert his view of reality to his own people and the world. putin's use of the medium is the subject of a new book, "nothing is true and everything is possible," by peter pomerantsev, a russian-born british writer and television producer. he returned to moscow to work in the kremlin's vast television apparatus, creating russian reality tv shows. chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner spoke to him yesterday. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. you've described television as the nuclear weapon of politics in russia. >> yes, it is the core of the political system. you have to imagine a country that is absolutely huge. it's about a sixth of the world's land mass and sews logically varied. so you have contemporary towns like moscow and mere fuedal villages and the only thing to bring them together is the television. >> reporter: at the

jewish, david saperstein who was the longtime director of the religious action center for reformed judaismesident obama nominating the rabbi last summer. some conservatives objected in part because of his stance in the hobby lobby case where the supreme court decided businesses could cite religion nor not providing contraception coverage. >>> deadly violence rocking afghanistan in the closing weeks of formal nato operations, the bloodshed includes two american deaths. we'll talk about the end of the afghan campaign and what it means for u.s. security. i'm angela, and i quit smoking with chantix. people who know me, they say 'i never thought you would quit.' but chantix helped me do it. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it gave me the power to overcome the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some people had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right

the same as temple mount in jerusalem for those who confess islam and judaism.ctly how we will treat it for here forever. >> russian president vladimir putin today essentially their state of the union saying and talking about the importance of ukraine as that action continues by russia. the president here talking about sanctions and their effect it's having on the russian economy. wraps an even bigger effect. take a look at this. oil prices dropping. look at that. 26.3% since october first. and that is having a big effect. we we're back with the panel. george? putin's varies with his position. his position is suffering terrific economic damage by southern ohio and north dakota and other places like that that are producing this guiser of oil that is sur planting russia as the principle producer of petroleum products. the reevictions i think -- restrictions we put on the banking forms having an effect also. demonstrating to the world and good to learn this again, is that russia is a third world economy with first world missiles. there is no consumer product except

i want it to tie back to judaism. he watches over your menorah, you will name him.in draidles. we changed one of the rules. you were talking about consumerism. one of the nights kids will give presents to someone in need instead of receiving gifts. we're teaching them to values. >> i love yiddish. i think they're g good to mix in your copy. >> do you move him. >> he's an old jewish man. his back gets sore. >> kids are allowed to touch. we heard the feedback, that is one of the pressure points. so we thought to make it a family friendly activity. the kids can play with him. our job is to bring families together and bring hanukkah more fun. >> so this is a private company. this is your idea entirely. >> yes. >> you want to sell? >> not yet. >> would you sell that whole idea, the expression mensch on a bench, would you sell the whole thing for $10 million tomorrow morning? would you? >> probably not. >> of course, you would. >> i'm having the most fun i've ever had in my life. i quit my job. i'll be on shark tank this friday. i mean, i'm on fox. i'm making little jewis

the miracle that sustain faith and the community through times of tragedy. 1000 years later, judaismn its memoryell -- many vibrant communities and denominations. live on.e of israel the miracle of lights flickering in the eyes of grandchildren and grandparents, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, gathered together to feast, to remember, and to saying and the ongoing miracle of coming together in a nation that respects the freedom to live and worship in peace, the same freedom that the maccabees fought for so very long ago. stand on the front lawn of a nation founded on the micahples of the book of and the versus george washington quoted to the hebrew congregation in newport 223 years ago. he wrote, "may the children of the stock of abraham who dwell in this land continue to enjoy the goodwill of the other inhabitants while everyone shall sit in safety under his own fine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid." notions of jewish religious freedom, of safety in your own land, of being treated with dignity and respect in your own community. not only led to the c

cod issues perhaps the most recited prayer in judaism.dates back to the destruction of the second temple and the exiled jews to band loan yeah. it was -- babylonia. it was originally written in aramaic. it's associated with mourning, but it is not about mourning. kaddish celebrates the magnificence and the glory of god and the world created when ever our talents are being tested. (speaking hebrew) axalted and hallowed be god's great name in the world which god created. may god's majesty be revealed in the days of our lifetime and the life of all israel, speedily, imminently, to which we say amen. (speaking hebrew) blessed be god's great name to all eternity . (speaking hebrew). blessed praised honored exalted, extoled glorified adored and lauded be the name of the holy blessed one beyond all earthly words and songs of blessings, praise and comfort. to which we say amen. (speaking hebrew) may there be abundant peace from heaven and life for us and all israel, to which we say amen. (speaking hebrew). may the one who creates peace on high br

. >> in judaism, christianity, islam, you can't get to god without going through abraham. >> obeyingbraham quickly left behind the trappings of city life, and set off with his family on a journey toward the promise land of cainen. >> it's a decision to leave everything that's familiar to you. i mean it's, it's let gog of everything -- letting go of everything and embracing the unknown, it's life changing. >> here in southern turkey, we met anna and david landis. an american couple raised christian, they're writing a guide book that'll allow people of all faiths to follow the same path that abraham took. >> i think there's something always powerful about going to a place from the bible from the stories that you've heard as a child. i think that makes the whole story feel more real. >> abraham took this journey 4,000 years ago, and now we are just dusting off his footsteps. and inviting people to experience that story today. >> anna and david are part of an unprecedented initiative called abraham's path. its mission to break down barriers and foster communication in this one of the mos

they converted to judaism.t thing was that cameron -- he took it as an article of religious faith he was the true jew and the jews in america were usurpers and he believed, as anglo israelites did, the anglo israelites believed they were to do people really vying to be the chosen people. the anglo-saxons and the jews, and it was essential for the good of civilization for which group to win? >> the anglo-saxons. >> yeah, that the anglo-saxon should win. you see, this was not the only anti-semi -- it is not that we are imposing that word on them. some of the people who work on the "the dearborn independent" clearly named themselves as anti-semitic. they would not mind being known as anti-semites. earnestly bold, another ford associate, does not like jews and so on. we reach here the 1920's. just in terms of the economics of the auto industry, the 20's are not a really good decade for henry ford. and the reason was he was facing very significant competition. and some have argued that indeed he began searching for

there's good reason to believe that much of islam was modeled on judaism and christianity.y. you look at the bible, you can flip it the same way. in the koran he starts peaceful and gets angry. in the bible he starts angry and gets peaceful. >> in america we're people of many different religions, races and back grounds. there was a time not long ago when the church i was live at were founded in the 19th century when catholics were looked at kind of askance, still are in some places. certainly i don't know particularly because of today's global media we're at that same level. it's a lot worse. but we were certainly the victim of misunderstanding, people saying that's not really christianity, don't really believe in the same god. i see a lot of that happening now. you're right, the violence is painted just as easily on christians and catholics down through the ages. >> let's end on that. it's not. is that islam is being looked at in a way that we haven't experienced in our lifetimes. within generations, actually. of faith being condemned for its actions. what is your message?