I don't know.  South Florida perhaps?

It depends upon which sort of Jew that you ask, Orthodox, Reformed, Conservative, Messianic, etc.

But there is only one correct answer, whether any of us know it or not.

Eric The(Convinced)Hun

Quoted: I don't know.  South Florida perhaps?

+ 1 !!




5sub

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't know.  South Florida perhaps? + 1 !! 5sub Atlantic coast, not the Gulf.

True.

Quoted: Ask the G-man.  He had lunch with Jews.

Once.



Seriously though, Jews of course go to heaven by Abraham's covenant.

Quoted: Quoted: Ask the G-man.  He had lunch with Jews. Once.

You remember how I captured that moment with my rendition of 'I Ate With Jews Today, Oh Joy', sung to the tune of the Beatles' 'A Day In The Life'?

Maybe not.

Eric The(Songmeister,I'mNot)Hun

I do recall it indeed.  I was at my old office, located in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, eating what was perhaps the best Corned beef on Jewish rye sandwich on the north coast at the time.  I almost got mustard on the keyboard I laughed so hard.

Quoted: I don't get this, how can one say you need to be christian to goto heaven, then they can say a Jew can goto heaven as well? Kind of like two wheels on a car, it might move but will it get you any place far?

It is simple really when one considers that Christianity is a direct extension of Judaism and is in fact a Jewish faith.  In short, Christianity, which follows the teachings of a devout Jew as savior and messiah, can be seen as the vehicle which brought the one true God to a wider audience. For those whose particular brand of Christianity would deny this simple truth I would offer that to deny the father is to deny the son.  To deny the word and teachings of the father is to disbelieve in the son.  The Jews know what the father taught them and have kept the faith for nearly 6 thousand years.  So, the Jews that kept the faith will certainly go to God when it is time, as will those who sought their salvation through the son without denying the truth that is in the words of the father.  One cannot believe in the latter without knowing the former to be true.  One can also not deny the previous covenant because more was added later to add people not included in the first.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't get this, how can one say you need to be christian to goto heaven, then they can say a Jew can goto heaven as well? Kind of like two wheels on a car, it might move but will it get you any place far? It is simple really when one considers that Christianity is a direct extension of Judaism and is in fact a Jewish faith.  In short, Christianity, which follows the teachings of a devout Jew as savior and messiah, can be seen as the vehicle which brought the one true God to a wider audience. For those whose particular brand of Christianity would deny this simple truth I would offer that to deny the father is to deny the son.  To deny the word and teachings of the father is to disbelieve in the son.  The Jews know what the father taught them and have kept the faith for nearly 6 thousand years.  So, the Jews that kept the faith will certainly go to God when it is time, as will those who sought their salvation through the son without denying the truth that is in the words of the father.  One cannot believe in the latter without knowing the former to be true.  One can also not deny the previous covenant because more was added later to add people not included in the first. WOW that was a awesome post.

I did not realize what I had typed until you replied.  It just sorta was there and I hit send.  I didn't read it until I had already hit send and it was posted.  I guess there is a God after all because I'm not sure how that came out of me.

The afterlife and olam haba (the world to come)

Many secular or liberal Jews would state that Judaism does not believe in an afterlife, or that it is a this-worldly religion which concentrates on the here and now. While it is certainly true that Judaism does concentrate on the importance of this world, the fact is that much (not all) of classical Judaism does posit an afterlife. Much of the Jewish tradition affirms that the human soul is immortal, and thus in some way survives the physical death of the body. The existence of the soul after death is described with terms such as Olam Haba  (the world to come), Gan Eden  (the Heavenly Garden of Eden, or Paradise) and Gehenna  (Purgatory).

Classical rabbinic afterlife teachings varied in different places and times; they were never synthesized into one coherent philosophy. As such, the different Jewish views of the afterlife are sometimes contradictory. This is especially true for "Olam Haba", the world to come. In some rabbinic works this phrase refers to the messianic era, a physical realm right here on Earth. However, in other works this phrase means Gan Eden, Paradise, a purely spiritual realm.

There is much rabbinic material on what happens to the soul of the deceased after death, what it experiences, and where it goes. At various points in the afterlife journey, the soul is said to encounter: Hibbut ha-kever, the pains of the grave; Dumah, the angel of silence; The angel of death; The Kaf ha-Kela, the catapult of the soul; Gehenna (purgatory); and Gan Eden  (Heaven; Paradise).

Gehenna is fairly well defined in rabbinic literature. It is sometimes translated as "hell", but one should note that the Christian view of hell is different from the Jewish view. For Christians, hell is an abode of eternal torment where sinners go; any person who does not accept Jesus as their messiah is defined by most Christian sects as someone destined for eternal damnation. In Judaism, gehenna - while certainly a terribly unpleasant place - is not hell. The overwhelming majority of rabbinic thought maintains that people are not tortured in hell forever; the longest that one can be there is said to be 12 months. Some consider it a spiritual forge where the soul is purified for its eventual ascent to Gan Eden  [Heaven], where all imperfections are purged.

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Jewish_eschatology

Eric The(ChildOfAbraham)Hun