Based on probably thousands of blog posts by pastors, and plenty of talk-show segments on evangelical media outlets like Moody Radio and the American Christian Network, I think we can safely say that from a conservative evangelical worldview, Jews who do not “trust in” Jesus (i.e., accept him as their personal savior and believe in him as the son of God) will not make it to heaven.

Here are six things that seem to help me on my spiritual journey

The commenter stated that hunting for sport is not allowed in Judaism because it violates the commandment of tza'ar ba'alei chayim, the prohibition against unnecessary cruelty to animals, about which I’ve written before. It turns out that the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, whose interpretation of Judaism isn’t generally progressive, does come down on what I’d consider the enlightened side of the animal rights issue.

If a child’s mother is Jewish, the vast majority of Jewish communities will accept that child as Jewish. If a child’s father is Jewish but the mother is not, then Reform and Reconstructionist congregations, and other Jewish progressive communities (Renewal, Humanistic, etc.), will accept the child as Jewish if he or she is being raised Jewish.

But at least we aren’t living in a place where genocide happened to us. As a people, we got the benefit of a fresh start in a new country.

He doth permit few immigrants to breach Our shores.