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"HaAretz" on Yom Kippur and Christianity
HaAretz newspaper published, on October 7, 2011, a special section about Yom Kippur. In this section there are articles that are likely to interest our readers.
1. An article comparing the perception of sin between Christianity and Judaism. The article was written by Prof. Aviad Kleinberg from Tel Aviv University. His approach is much influenced by his interpretation of Paul the Apostle and Saint Augustine (he is a specialist on Augustine). Read the article here
2. A fascinating article of Father Yakub Weksler-Waszkinel, a Polish Jewish Roman Catholic priest, well known to our kehillot, about the expression "a stiff necked people" and the dangers in this expression after centuries of a teaching of contempt for the Jews. Read the article here
3. An article about Yom Kippur and Messianic Jews by Dorit Shilo. Read the article here (Hebrew)
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