Catholics for Israel

Shalom! Here is a cross-cultural question:

Are Hebrew Catholics (or Messianic Jews in general) eligible to make Aliyah? It would just seem odd that they allow Russian Jews who don't know anything about Judaism (and some of whom are in fact anti-semitic), yet wouldn't admit Jews because they've ...

Ariel, Shalom! I look at the difference between Catholic guilt and Jewish guilt this way:

FATHER: Ah, Micahael! Look what you did -- you made your mother cry!
SON: Why is she crying? I don't know what I did!
FATHER: I don't know either, but don't do it again!

See, that Catholic guilt is strong ...

Shalom! I understand that there is enmity between Jews and Palestinians in Israel. I also understand that that puts the Church (and by that I mean all Christians) in a very difficult place, since many Believers in the Holy Land are Palestinian/Arab, many more so than there are Messianic Jews. In my ...

Shalom! I figured before I jump into any disputations, I'd best introduce myself so people have a better idea of where I'm coming from.

I am a cradle Catholic with a two-fold introduction to Judaism. First is when the good Sisters, in my religious education class, went through a time when they were ...