Christianity

Book Review: God's Prayer: The Sacred Task of Living by Michael L. Kagan

This review by Rabbi Goldie Milgram was first published in the Philadelphia Jewish Voice

Can Jews Enter Churches, Mosques, etc? Considerations of When, Why & How

When Jewish Values On-line asked me to write on this question for their website, as an advocate for respectful co-existence of the world's peoples and traditions, my first inclination would have been to give a short "yes" answer.  As I really began to think carefully about it, the question requires a far more nuanced approach.

Can a Jew Enter a Church? Mosque? Or Site of Another faith?

Is a Jew permitted to enter a Church, Mosque, cathedral, temple, or the site of any other faith?

As an advocate for respectful co-existence of the world's peoples and traditions, my first inclination would have been to give a short "yes" answer to this question. As I really began to think carefully about it, the question requires a far more nuanced approach.

Contexts to Consider