judaism center. signed up on a whim. it could have been a karate class, i was looking for something to do. [laughter] it was not a spiritual journey or existential crisis, i just needed to be out of my apartment. i am culturally jewish, jewish by heritage, you hear a lot of that these days, i will take this class and learn something very die was blown away by what i found. i discovered a tradition that is so edgy and wise and powerful and radical and beautiful. there was so much wisdom about how to be a good person and how to lead a worthy life, and how to find adult spiritual connection. there was incredible diversity of jewish conception. there is no dogma of god in judaism. you will not hear a rabbi saying, god thinks this and wants this and is this. we don't do systemic theology in judaism. not powerful conceptions of god, they are personal conceptions, you are god, i am god, all of god. the idea of a barrier between us is an illusion. there are those who say god is a connection between two peopl

so, it was just a crash course in judaism. everything that i had been taught as a young person i was filling up the reservoir and understanding and having a particular perspective because as i said i didn't have that to begin with but i was just growing it. somewhat similar to what marnie said. >> believe it or not. we have one minute left in our conversation. i'm wondering for anyone who may be listening or who knows somebody in that world in that particular state of discovery what is one thing you may suggest to somebody who finds themselves discovering that they are jewish and they had not previously known. what would you suggest? >> celebrate the heritage. what a marvelous heritage. how lucky we are. >> all right. what about you? >> i would echo that and just to say you are not alone. there are lots of us all over the world who for one reason or another have had to hide their heritage but embrace it and celebrate that. >> think you also much for sharing your story. thank you for joining us here and we encourage you to self

>> religious leaders, -- >> it's forbidden in judaism and islam, right?t's not forbidden but this is not a majority christian town right now. >> well, we are 1% right now. 1%. >> we've heard 8%, 10% and you are saying closer to 1%? why is that? >> situations. >> i understand you have to be careful but is it economic or religious or political or all of them? >> it's a little bit better than other years. but you want to live good. they want an open country. that's why they go. >> are you going to stay in bethlehem? >> i'm going to stay in bethlehem, because we can't leave. we are 1% here. if i leave, who's going to stay here? >> so you are worried if all the christians go they might not see any christians in bethlehem? >> this is where was born. every christians i.d. came from here. >> christians that make the pilgrimage here.e. why do you think a tattoo is something they really want to get? >> it's the holy name. when beginning here they went across, some people think if they didn't get the cross they didn'the finish their journey. >> what's it like for yo

only in the third century did he become known as judaism is a religion.s that was a palestinian. >> that's not true. you cannot find this anywhere in the bible. was a and no one can deny that. how can you deny the birth of from the virgin mary? virgin mary, she's from nazareth and her father and family, theyr are well known by jewish people. >> so why did they deny it? >> politics. when you play politics you can say whatever you want to say. but that doesn't mean you are t right. as a time to celebrate america. you can do that with us by streaming fox nation. >> here in the old city of bethlehem where every year millions of christians make the pilgrimage to the birthplace of jesus. especially at christmas and easter. we came across one individual that had a special skill. we decided to pay a visit. >> how are you doing. good to see you. should we do it? ♪ how many years have you been doing this? >> 17 years. >> 17 years. >> yep. >> how did people respond whenpo they said, i'm going to see a tattoo artist in bethlehem? >> when i started everyone was agains

. >> let me tell you, 26 is a very lucky number in judaism. >> i probably made more noise than anybody makes in new york what was the term? >> mazal, good luck. >> $26,000 >> $26,000 you got a great deal on this >> it really is pretty this bracelet is perfect for my retail store, but, did i get a great wholesale deal reuben set his of price with room to come down. it's about a 13% drop, but how did he set the starting price? i feel like i have a ton more to learn here >> since we're in america, obviously, there's sales tax here, so it's $26,000. >> what the -- ♪ i'm here on 47th street to learn about the diamond business from the men and women who followed their dreams here. i started at the exclusive diamond dealers club where i spent $26,000 on a wholesale bracelet for my retail store was it a good deal i have no idea what i do know is when a rough diamond comes out of the ground it could be worth as little as $150 per carat, by the time it ends up in the blue box at tiffan tiffany's it could be upwards of $16,000. who decides how it's worth >> what's your plan b? >> i don't have one

terrorist attacks continue to happen in the country i'll be talking to an expert on islam islam and judaism in a minute 1st a look back to january 25th dean and other more recent events concerning caricature frons. the attacks took place in france 5 years apart but they shook the world the stuff of magazine in 2050 and a schoolteacher this october were brutally murdered for showing caricature of the prophet mohammed. in the 1st attack to islamic extremists on with rifles forced their way into the offices of the french the terrible magazine charlie hebdo 12 people were murdered including the publisher stefan shabani and i'm a cartoonist. french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will do you see that it could be said a the whole republic became a target in the wake of the carnage people came together to honor the victims the hashtag charlie became a slogan for freedom of expression. a writer for the magazine warned that this freedom was in danger absolutely titian's must act quickly otherwise there will be dramatic consequences not in years to come but in the coming months

but every other way that practices judaism was considered wrong. we did not even realize we were a minority. it is important for them to learn how other jewish people live around the world. courts he still puts on the fur hat worn by ultra-orthodox jewish people. as if to show to the new members that it is possible to embrace a liberal way of being jewish without completely renouncing the acidic groups. >> everyday, france 24 fills you in on the latest in the world of culture. meet artists, get to know them and their work. listen to them talking about their creations and the era. stay up-to-date with all things cultural in france and around the world. get your culture fixed daily on france 24 and france 24.com. 12/16/20 12/16/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> we need in economy where people are not getting by but have the opportunity to thrive. where people can get ahead and stay ahead. we do not deserve a criminal justice system that lets the while doingoff violence to black and brown

. >> they have been called the abraham accords, a name with all the gravitas of judaism and christianitythe deal to establish and normalize ties was brokered by the united states. leaders in the u.s. and israel hailed historic breakthrough. >> they agreed to finalize a historical peace agreement. everybody said this would be impossible. >> this is the greatest advancement toward peace between israel and the arab world and the last 26 years. >> the accord has been joined by numerous arab nations including bahrain, egypt, jordan, and the uae. normalized relations may also mean collaborating on investment, tourism, and telecommunications. security ties will also likely be felt. as part of the deal, israel has agreed to suspend annexing part of the west bank, though netanyahu has stressed the projects are delayed but not canceled. this normalizing of ties with israel has split internationally. some praise it for creating peace and others call it posturing by donald trump and benjamin netanyahu. for many palestinians, it is akin to a stab in the back. they feel it marginalizes their plight as

terrorist attacks continue to happen in the country i'll be talking to an expert on islam islam and judaism in a minute 1st a look back to january 25th dina and other more recent events concerning caricature in france. the attacks took place in france 5 years apart but they shook the world the stuff of magazine in 2050 and a schoolteacher this october were brutally murdered for showing caricature of the prophet mohammed. in the 1st attack to islamic extremists on with rifles forced their way into the offices of the french the terror magazine charlie hebdo 12 people were murdered including the publisher stefan shabani a and the cartoonist the. french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will do you see that it could be today the whole republic became a target in the wake of the carnage people came together to honor the victims the hashtag charlie became a slogan for freedom of expression. a writer for the magazine warned that this freedom was in danger absolutely titian's must act quickly otherwise there will be dramatic consequences not in years to come but in the coming m

it is not the religion of judaism.they say they have a constitutional position when you read the constitution it does not sound like anything they are talking about. i have to say this as a trained theologian, we have a lot of people engaging in modern-day heresy. that is way more and more people -- we are putting out a 14 point plan rooted in arab -- in our deepest constitutional principles this week for the biden administration to say here are things that have to be done if we are going to be constitutionally consistent, more lay defense and economically sane. >> what would be a redlined disappointment for you in the incoming administration that they could get this wrong and not take the enlightened path you are encouraging them to? >> it sounds like you have read the post 19 thanks -- i am so glad you have because some people think all he said was i have a dream, which is the closing of the speech. it was not even the title of the speech. the title of the speech was normal c never again. -- normalcy never again. one

lot of judaism this is a central plank supported by the government and the problem right now so you stop to. welcome back to the program russian authorities are cracking down on bars and restaurants that feel to abide by code 1000 restrictions police conducted several raids in st petersburg on tuesday night targeting bars illegally remained open after 11 pm the searches were part of city wide police inspections ahead of the new year holidays when all food drink establishment there will be shut down many cafe owners in some petersburg have said they'll have to defy the rules and stay open or face financial collapse. when it counted on tardio province people who refuse supposedly voluntary vaccination against covert 19 could face a number of restraint shin's that is the warning of the provinces health minister there may be some restrictions in terms of travel or other restrictions that may arise as a result of not having a vaccination but that's going to be up to the person themselves to make that decision on the basis of what's more important to them the health officials remarks made conc

religious perspective but it's their religion it's not the religion of christan it is not the religion of judaism and just like when they say they have a constitutional position but when you read the constitution it doesn't sound anything like what they're talking about so we have a lot of people and i have to say there's a train at logan perpetrating a fraud engaging in modern day heritage and that's why more and more people are coming out we asked the putting out a 14 point plan 1st 50 days rooted out deepest religious traditions that people's constitutional traditions this week for the bad administrations to say here are things that have to be done if we're going to be constitutional consistent marland defensible and economically saying what would be our red line disappointment for you in the incoming administration that they could get this wrong and not take the enlightened path that you're encouraging and to. well it sounds like steve you have written you have read the post 963 martin and i'm so glad you have because some people think all he said was i have a dream which is the closing of th

this is like the basement of anything that judaism would stand for. the army of tomorrow 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 powe ♪ >> 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 responsib

terrorist attacks continue to happen in the country i'll be talking to an expert on islam islam and judaism in a minute 1st a look back to january 25th deen and other more recent events concerning caricature in france. the attacks took place in france 5 years apart but they shook the world the stuff of magazine in 2050 and a schoolteacher this october were brutally murdered for showing caricature of the prophet mohammed. in the 1st attack to islamic extremists on with rifles forced their way into the offices of the french the terrible magazine charlie hebdo 12 people were murdered including the publisher stefan shabani and i'm a cartoonist the. french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will do you see that it could be today the whole republic became a target in the wake of the carnage people came together to honor the victims the hashtag charlie became a slogan for freedom of expression. a writer for the magazine warned that this freedom was in danger absolutely titian's must act quickly otherwise there will be dramatic consequences not in years to come but in the coming

congress cannot pass a law establishing a religion, whether it is catholicism or judaism or islam and then say every sunday you've got to go to church. you might take it for granted. why is it such a big deal? there are societies in the world where you pray five times a day, and if you don't you are going to get your head cut off. experience my own when i was your age, i lived in greece with my father -- i have dual citizenship, american and greek. in 1968, there was a coup. the military took control in greece. i was in athens living with my dad. the government that came to power was a government of military men, colonels. they looked at greek society and said we have taken control because greek society is getting out of control. the way to bring back the old values, they said, every male and female under the age of 26 go too to chuhrch -- church on sunday. if you are not in church on sunday, you are going to be arrested. i can remember sunday mornings going to church with my father and there would be tanks in the streets and armed soldiers. if you gave them crap about going to church

terrorist attacks continue to happen in the country i'll be talking to an expert on islam islam and judaism in a minute 1st a look back to january 25th dean and other more recent events concerning caricature in france. the attacks took place in france 5 years apart but they shocked the world the stuff of magazine in 2050 and a schoolteacher this october were brutally murdered for showing caricature of the prophet mohammed. in the 1st attack to islamic extremists on with rifles forced their way into the offices of the french the terrible magazine charlie hebdo 12 people were murdered including the publisher stefan shabani and i'm a cartoonist of the. french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will be today the whole republic became a target in the wake of the carnage people came together to honor the victims the hashtag charlie became a slogan for freedom of expression. a writer for the magazine warned that this freedom was in danger absolutely titian's must act quickly otherwise there will be dramatic consequences not in years to come but in the coming months dony much ag

terrorist attacks continue to happen in the country i'll be talking to an expert on islam islam and judaism in a minute 1st a look back to january 25th dean and other more recent events concerning caricature in france. the attacks took place in france 5 years apart but they shocked the world the stuff of magazine in 2050 and a schoolteacher this october were brutally murdered for showing caricature of the prophet mohammed. in the 1st attack 2 islamic extremists on with rifles forced their way into the offices of the french the terrible magazine shadi of the 12 people were murdered including the publisher stefan shabani and the cartoonist the . french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will do you see that it could be today the whole republican.

the government, congress cannot pass a law establishing a religion, whether it's catholicism, judaism or islam, and then say to you, every sunday you've got to go to church. you might take it for granted. why is it such a big deal? there are societies in the world where you pray five times a day, and if you don't, you will get your head cut off. i know from my own experience, lived ins your age, i greece with my father, i have dual citizenship, both american and great. , the68, there was a coup military took control in greece and i was in athens living with my dad. and the government that came to power was a government of military men, kernels. and they looked at greek society and they said, greek society, we have taken control because greek society is getting out of control. and the way to bring back the said, everythey male and female under the age of sunday.go to church on and if you're not in church on sunday, you are going to be arrested. so i can remember sunday mornings going to church with my father and there would be tanks in the streets of athens, there would be armed soldie

i would say i have a similar sense of deep reverence for the unknown, but for judaism.y grateful to have that jewish identity, and that's from my dad and my mom. >> bret: and it has helped heal with his loss. >> daniel: yeah, you know, it's a way to connect with him. i don't know if or where god comes into it, but i do know that i feel closer to him because of what our traditions give. >> bret: when we return... >> it is the one part of the book my father wouldn't have included if he were still alive. ♪ fr your family... to your teachers. in that spirit of giving, chevy's proud to give our employee discount to everyone. the chevy price you pay, ...is what we pay. not a cent more. because giving, ...and giving back, is what the holidays are all about. use the chevy employee discount for everyone to get a total value of over eight thousand four hundred dollars on this silverado. get the chevy employee discount for everyone today. >> i try never to use the word "eye." columnists use that word all the time andti every time they do, it's a failure. speak of the truth is char

i would say i have a similar sense of deep reverence for the unknown, but for judaism.ul to have that jewish identity, and that's from my dad and my mom. >> bret: and it has helped deal with his loss. >> daniel: yeah, you know, it's a way to connect with him. i don't know if or where god comes into it, but i do know that i feel closer to him because of what our traditions give. >> bret: when we return... >> daniel: it is the one part of the book my father wouldn't have included if he were still alive. ♪ ♪ >> i try never to use the word "eye." columnists use that word all the time and every time they do, it's a failure. >> the truth is charles did sometimes write about himself and when daniel dug up some of those pieces he didn't some of those pieces he didn't >> the final chapter of the book is called a "speaking in the first person." it's a one part of the book that i know my father wouldn't have included if he were still alive but i thought about this a great deal and i wanted to stomach the world to see some of that inner man. so this last chapter has some very perso

interesting thing about religion is that i think if you look at religions, if you talk to islam, rabbis, judaism pretty much it doesn't matter across the board you talk to them about duty-based moral restraint or the idea that moral restraint, little softer idea is that simply that moral restraint is more important than moral advocacy, doing harm is a more morally significant thing to do and doing good. they almost all agree with you. so the problem really isn't that duty-based moral restraint can somehow and consistent with a lot of religions out there. the problem is, it's an idea that's a little bit more refined than most religions. it wasn't very long ago in this country that religions that produced Ãba fair number of americans were able to use the exact moral beliefs that had by racialism in their mind and justify slavery in particular. sometimes religion can give us a foundation but that doesn't mean it addresses everything. i believe we can Ãbi'm kind of optimistic that as long as the idea of duty-based moral restraint is pushed out into the religious community, almost all religions are l

but their task was to resurrect judaism. not in europe, they were all clear about that. with the polls, the polls believed that in exile, the anti-communist polls that it was their job. that it was their task, their mission to resurrect a cultural nationalism, so we keep it alive. so the spirit and the displaced persons camps was not one of victimization but one of preparation for the next stage in their lives. which they hoped and new wood follow. >> this is from david kent. i have a personal question. my father was a jewish refugee from austria who escaped england in 1938 was interred in australia from 1940 to 1942 and returned to england. he came to the united states in may 1948, became a displaced person because the port of austria was too small and alreadyfilled, how could he have come as a displaced person when the us didn't pass the act until june, he definitelycame as a displaced person . >> there was , i haven't talked about in this interview. there was a truman directive and truman in large part because he couldn't get the british to move, said that the german

stephen balliet of murder and attempted murder -- for killing two people and wounding others, on judaism's hoitest day. he ad he had wanted to kill many more. u.back in this country, th justice department filed new charges in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103. at lea 259 people were killed -- including 190 americans -- when the plane was destroyed over lockerbie, s otland, 32 yeo today. the statue of confederate general robert e. lee has been removed from the u.s. capitol. workers hauled it off its early today, after 111 years. virginia's governor called it a racist symbol, unfit to represent the state today. a statue of vil rights figure barbara johns is expected to be the replacement. still to come on the "newshour" with judy woodruff, the smoke begins to clear after the brutal war for nagorno carkhkaraba. the murder rate in the u.s. is spiking. and on politics monday, the team breaks down covid relief and what the president is not doing. announcer: announcer: thiss the "pbs newshour," from weta west from the waltnkitend in the school of journalism at arizona state university. judy:

religion is that i think if you look at religion, if you talk to imams from islam or rabbis from judaism, pretty much it doesn't matter across the board. if you talk to them about duty-based moral restraint or the idea that moral restraint, a little softer idea, that simply moral restraint is more important because doing harm is a more morally significant thing than doing good. they almost all agree with me. so the problem really isn't that duty-based moral restraint is somehow inconsistent with a lot of religions out there. the problem is is it's an idea that's a little bit more refined than most of the thinking in most religions. so sometimes it helps to simply refine an idea. i mean, it wasn't so long ago in this country the very same prevailing religions that produced strong duty-based moral restraints that we benefited from -- the mark of democracy. a fair number of americans were able to use those exact moral beliefs to combat racism in their minds and to justify slavery in particular. so sometimes religion can give us a foundation, but that doesn't mean it addresses everything. an

but like berkeley -- i called it laissez faire judaism.it was always a thing, because my pops drove a bus. and often didn't have christmas off. and we also didn't have money for presents. so eventually we invented -- we stopped celebrating any traditional holidays, we invented a new holiday called "meat fest." >> jimmy: meat fest? okay. >> yeah, yeah. it was like a potluck where everybody had to bring a dish made of meat. [ laughter ] it was basically like a feast with no sides. >> jimmy: i see. could it be any kind of meat? or was it beef exclusively? what are we talking about? >> no, whatever, as long as it used to be alive. [ laughter ] it was fair game. [ applause ] >> jimmy: boy, i like the sound of this. i hope your family is carrying on this tradition. >> we haven't done it in years, you know. we're separated by great distances and don't often get to get together during the holidays. we talk about bringing it back. but also, several family members are vegan now. >> jimmy: oh. >> so the rules would have to change. maybe you can imita

convicted stephen balliet of murder and attempted murder for killing two people and wounding others, on judaism'sholiest day. he admitted had wanted to kill many re. back ithis country, the u.s. justice departmege filed new chin the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103.eo at least 259e were killed, including 190 americ when the plane was destroyed over lockerbie, scotland, 32 years ago today. the charges name a libyan inlligence officer who allegedly admitted building the bomb. victims'amilies welcomed the news. o we will continue to pursue justice for all e responsible for this bbing but today is a small victory in that conquest. we are gratel the department of justice and the f.b.i. continue to fight for justice for all americans. >> woodruff: two other libyans were ultimately triebefore scottish judges, years ago. one was convicted, the other acquitte the statue of confederate general robert e. lee has been reved from the u.s. capito pedestal early today, after 111 years.ia virg governor called it a racist symbol, unfit to represent the state today. a statue of civil rights figure barbara johns i

to be able to get as a society that incorporates the general lines of debate within christian and judaism and other faiths, where it basically says, there is a sliding scale relating to viability of the fetus. >> considering the new supreme court nomination of amy coney barrett, what are your plan plans to protect women's reproductive rights in the u.s.? >> number one, we don't know exactly what she will do although the expectation is she may very well overrule roe but the only responsible response that would be to pass legislation making roe the law of the land. we already have a law, defense of marriage act. we voted, or others voted in the senate, marriage is between main and woman and states must respect that nobody's violated that law there's been no challenge to that law why do we need a constitutional amendment? who do you love and will you be loyal to the person you love and that's what people are finding out is what all marriages at their root are about, whether they are marriage of lesbians or day men or heterosexuals. >> you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? >> look, i

your folly is not in your logic, but in your theology you see, in judaism, there is no defined afterlifeuld, therefore, have to be what we call a dybbuk, which is a much more dangerous spirit, who can possess a human being and can terrorize the living i would keep an eye on people like susie essman and see if they have laced collars all of a sudden > seth: so what you're saying is trump could have a dybbuk on his hands? >> and not just one dybbuk i believe another jewish phantasm humiliated the trump campaign this week when ed koch, thank you, former mayor of new york, and a playful ghost, like a jewish casper, sent his former enemy, rudy giuliani to the four seasons landscaping company, a prank that has dead koch written all over it > seth: but now here's my question why would giuliani trust the ghost ed koch? aka, dead koch >> ah. well, the dead koch dybbuk, yes, probably took the form of a young blonde reporter from eastern europe as you know, rudy cannot resist those. pretty embarrassing for mr. bafan-ghoul-iani, the italian silly ghost. > seth: giuliani is not dead, nor do i think t

formulations about views or new beliefs, there's nothing explicit referencing the bible or jews or judaismthe few references to christianity or christians are mostly negative. including as a cause of the conquest of the new world and participants in colonizing africa. no mention is made of christianity's history as a driving motivation behind the abolition of slavery, nor about its motivation for charitable social activity or the civil rights movement. no mention is made of the common use of biblical quotations and beliefs in political pamphlets during the revolutionary period. for example, thomas payne's "commonsense" has a section discussing biblical sections, judges and samuel. its framed through the lens or focus of an event fostered by social and political groups. while that was certainly a critical element, it leaves out the impact of brilliant individual founders, great men who could sometimes rise above, merely representing the interests of different factions. the only habitual developments of the constitutional convention identified as required course content are compromises over