What does it mean to be a Jew? 
.... For Holocaust survivors, this loosening sense of what it means to be a
Jew can be .... are in fact better in some way than other people, members of
God's chosen race ....
(2918
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Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
.... In recording his spiritual quest, his journey "of becoming a
Jew", Lester seems to .... the Messiah, who strives to understand the mystical presence of
God in the ....
(2807
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Paine's Views on God
.... of the gospel writers--of the ability of Jesus to elicit faith and attract followers, whether
Jew, Greek, slave, or free. .... The Masks of
God: Occidental Mythology ....
(2124
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Treasures Old and New: Essays on the Theology of the Pentateuch
.... their behalf. the pattern of
God coming to the
Jew's rescue, his "chosen people", was a great part of their identity. If they simply ....
(2676
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Passover, The Holocaust, Israel
.... And it would be a further miracle if that surviving
Jew had even the slightest faith in the
God that would allow such horrors to be visited upon a people which ....
(1656
7
)
Personal Belief in God
.... From here, analysts have argued that sin shifts the focus from
God to Man .... An orthodox
Jew, for example, who must observe the Sabbath cannot even turn on a light ....
(2769
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Christianity
.... Another aspect can be seen at John 3:16: "
God so loved the world [
Jew, Greek, Roman, etc.], that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him ....
(1991
8
)
Shoah: The Paradigmatic Genocide
.... of humanity before
God. "I" must see "Thou" (whether Christian or
Jew or otherwise) as a sacred child of
God. That is my highest ....
(1651
7
)
The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage
.... The moral conscience of the community protects the integrity of
God in such matters. A
Jew is one who accepts the faith of Judaism. ....
(1849
7
)
Poems by Sylvia Plath
.... which is a tremendous threat to them if they could only see: "Herr
God, Herr Lucifer .... My right foot/ A paperweight,/ My face a featureless, fine/
Jew linen" (1419 ....
(1647
7
)
JUDAISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
.... The modern Israeli
Jew, for example, relies on the ancient tradition that "any injury to a human being is conceived as causing pain to
God" (Milgrom, 2000, p. 1 ....
(749
3
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Jewish and American Law
.... who has been attacked, but also that he assist one who has been afflicted by misfortune, what the gentiles would call an "act of
God." Thus a
Jew may be called ....
(3390
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A Gift of the Jews
.... things we care about, the underlying values that make all of us,
Jew and Gentile .... Cahill (71) identifies the
God of Abram as a single
God distinct from all other ....
(720
3
)
Sigmund Freud and Judaism
.... He concludes that "Though Freud did not believe in
God, he was proud of being a
Jew and a staunch supporter of the Jews" (Freeman 66-67). ....
(2474
10
)
Three Novels Dealing with Israel
.... life and work to create and sustain: It is good to be a
Jew working for the .... history, and the state of Israel is portrayed by Uris as the land
God promised and ....
(1623
6
)
Arab-Israeli Relations
.... a
Jew is one who considers himself a
Jew or is so regarded by the community. Judaism in any case holds that mankind can most genuinely worship
God by imitating ....
(1112
4
)
Judaism
.... do not need to believe in
God, only in Judaism. The major Jewish groups have closed ranks on the question of Jewish converts to Christianity. A good
Jew may be ....
(1880
8
)
Forms of Afterlife
.... a
Jew is one who considers himself a
Jew or is so regarded by the community. Judaism in any case holds that mankind can most genuinely worship
God by imitating ....
(2090
8
)
Religions and the Meaning of Life
.... a
Jew is one who considers himself a
Jew or is so regarded by the community. Judaism in any case holds that mankind can most genuinely worship
God by imitating ....
(2076
8
)
Elie Wiesel's "Night"
.... relationship with
God. He is a very religious
Jew, a young man who has a great passion for the mysteries of
God. He does not question ....
(1702
7
)
Hassidic Jews in American Society
.... prayer, inwardness of devotion, adherence to a particular way of life," as a means of preparing oneself for communion with
God.19 To be a "Hasidic
Jew is to ....
(1668
7
)
Judaism's Communal Orientation
.... Jerusalem was in every
Jew's heart, waiting in the wings for the Messianic day when the promise of rebuilt Jerusalem would be fulfilled by
God (Snitkoff, 2004 ....
(1560
6
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Spinoza
.... Spinoza was also a
Jew, which might help explain why he may have felt no .... Indeed, he defines
God in terms of inexplicable power that could not even be conceived ....
(1010
4
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Shoah: The Paradigmatic Genocide
.... argue that Garber's entire philosophy of man and
God is rooted in the response to the Shoah. At the same time, the response of man, especially the
Jew, to non ....
(1861
7
)
Creation Stories and Myths
.... In Judaism, the covenant between Jews and
God marks the
Jew as a member of the Chosen People who are destined to advance
God's purpose on earth. ....
(2389
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Examining Pieces of Fiction
.... closer to
God than others were. The priest and the Levite were Jewish authorities who passed the Jewish victim of robbers, but it was a non-
Jew, a Samaritan ....
(1463
6
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Fasting in Religious Tradition Introduction Fa
.... This provides the guidance for the way to live by the Law which allows the observant
Jew to exist in appropriate relationship to
God. ....
(1038
4
)
Judaism, Beliefs & Conversion Within the modern spectrum of ...
.... For the
Jew, conversion is likened within the moral story of Noah .... Adam and Noah, and Judaism is consequently committed to the conversion of man to
God, as well ....
(2064
8
)
Jesus and Saint Paul
.... Christianity as a universal force: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of
God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the
Jew first and ....
(1340
5
)
African American Interpretation of Scripture
.... It is also the story of the covenant between a people and their
God, which is .... He noted that Jesus was as
Jew of Palestine, a poor
Jew, and identified as the ....
(980
4
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