Why Am I A Jew


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Why Am I A Jew


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Author : Emil Gustav Hirsch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895

Why Am I A Jew written by Emil Gustav Hirsch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with categories.




Why Am I A Jew


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Author : Michael Baum
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-01-06

Why Am I A Jew written by Michael Baum and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-06 with Religion categories.


The book starts by considering mankind's role in the complex ecological system of our planet and then considers the place of mankind in the cosmos while also looking inward at our own microcosm. It then explains how these scientific insights lead to the ontological search for God. The good, the bad, and the ugly sides of religious beliefs are considered and it is suggested that we are looking for "God" in the wrong place. The book then explains a justification for the author's apparent cognitive dissonance of retaining a Jewish identity whilst denying the existence of a God with the attributes of man. The author then argues that we should look for "God" in the infinitely small spaces within ourselves instead of the infinitely large spaces of the universe. His "God" would not mind whether individuals believed in "him" or not, so long as they practiced their life as the author practices his medicine: in a never-ending quest to improve the length and quality of the lives of his patients. This book should improve the reader's knowledge of the philosophers who wrote on the ontology of God. It also rediscovers that Baruch Spinoza had already reached the conclusions of modern-day thinkers more than 350 years ago.



A Letter In The Scroll


A Letter In The Scroll
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Author : Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004-04-16

A Letter In The Scroll written by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-16 with History categories.


For too long, Jews have defined themselves in light of the bad things that have happened to them. And it is true that, many times in the course of history, they have been nearly decimated: when the First and Second Temples were destroyed, when the Jews were expelled from Spain, when Hitler proposed his Final Solution. Astoundingly, the Jewish people have survived catastrophe after catastrophe and remained a thriving and vibrant community. The question Rabbi Jonathan Sacks asks is, quite simply: How? How, in the face of such adversity, has Judaism remained and flourished, making a mark on human history out of all proportion to its numbers? Written originally as a wedding gift to his son and daughter-in-law, A Letter in the Scroll is Rabbi Sacks's personal answer to that question, a testimony to the enduring strength of his religion. Tracing the revolutionary series of philosophical and theological ideas that Judaism created -- from covenant to sabbath to formal education -- and showing us how they remain compellingly relevant in our time, Sacks portrays Jewish identity as an honor as well as a duty. The Ba'al Shem Tov, an eighteenth-century rabbi and founder of the Hasidic movement, famously noted that the Jewish people are like a living Torah scroll, and every individual Jew is a letter within it. If a single letter is damaged or missing or incorrectly drawn, a Torah scroll is considered invalid. So too, in Judaism, each individual is considered a crucial part of the people, without whom the entire religion would suffer. Rabbi Sacks uses this metaphor to make a passionate argument in favor of affiliation and practice in our secular times, and invites us to engage in our dynamic and inclusive tradition. Never has a book more eloquently expressed the joys of being a Jew. This is the story of one man's hope for the future -- a future in which the next generation, his children and ours, will happily embrace the beauty of the world's oldest religion.



Am I A Jew


Am I A Jew
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Author : Theodore Ross
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-08-30

Am I A Jew written by Theodore Ross and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-30 with Religion categories.


What makes someone Jewish? Theodore Ross was nine years old when he moved with his mother from New York City to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Once there, his mother decided, for both personal and spiritual reasons, to have her family pretend not to be Jewish. He went to an Episcopal school, where he studied the New Testament, sang in the choir, and even took Communion. Later, as an adult, he wondered: Am I still Jewish? Seeking an answer, Ross traveled around the country and to Israel, visiting a wide variety of Jewish communities. From “Crypto-Jews” in New Mexico and secluded ultra-devout Orthodox towns in upstate New York to a rare Classical Reform congregation in Kansas City, Ross tries to understand himself by experiencing the diversity of Judaism. Quirky and self-aware, introspective and impassioned, Am I a Jew? is a story about the universal struggle to define a relationship (or lack thereof) with religion.



Why I Am A Jew


Why I Am A Jew
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Author : Edmond Fleg
language : en
Publisher: Andesite Press
Release Date : 2017-08-24

Why I Am A Jew written by Edmond Fleg and has been published by Andesite Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-24 with History categories.


This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.



Why Am I A Jew


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Author : Edmond Fleg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1929

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Am I A Jew


Am I A Jew
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Author : Theodore Ross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014

Am I A Jew written by Theodore Ross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Crypto-Jews categories.


'I was nine years old when my mother forced me to convert to Christianity'.' When Theodore Ross moved from New York City to small-town Mississippi, his mother insisted that the family pretend to not be Jewish. He was sent to an Episcopal school, where he studied the Bible, sang in the choir, and even took communion. As an adult, he abandoned the religious charade, but wondered: Am I a Jew' In search of an answer, Ross immersed himself within communities on the fringes of Jewish identity''Crypto-Jews, ' 'Lost Tribes, ' the ultra-Orthodox, and more. Filled with humor, curiosity, and sincerity, Am I a Jew' explores America's riotous religious diversity, and one man's quest to stake a claim within it.



How I Stopped Being A Jew


How I Stopped Being A Jew
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Author : Shlomo Sand
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2014-10-07

How I Stopped Being A Jew written by Shlomo Sand and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that of a “secular Jew.” With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the center of modern Jewish identity. How I Stopped Being a Jew discusses the negative effects of the Israeli exploitation of the “chosen people” myth and its “holocaust industry.” Sand criticizes the fact that, in the current context, what “Jewish” means is, above all, not being Arab and reflects on the possibility of a secular, non-exclusive Israeli identity, beyond the legends of Zionism.



Why I Am A Jew


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Author : Edmond Fleg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975

Why I Am A Jew written by Edmond Fleg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with History categories.




Why Am I A Jew


Why Am I A Jew
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Author : Michael Baum
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-01-06

Why Am I A Jew written by Michael Baum and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-06 with Religion categories.


The book starts by considering mankind’s role in the complex ecological system of our planet and then considers the place of mankind in the cosmos while also looking inward at our own microcosm. It then explains how these scientific insights lead to the ontological search for God. The good, the bad, and the ugly sides of religious beliefs are considered and it is suggested that we are looking for “God” in the wrong place. The book then explains a justification for the author’s apparent cognitive dissonance of retaining a Jewish identity whilst denying the existence of a God with the attributes of man. The author then argues that we should look for “God” in the infinitely small spaces within ourselves instead of the infinitely large spaces of the universe. His “God” would not mind whether individuals believed in “him” or not, so long as they practiced their life as the author practices his medicine: in a never-ending quest to improve the length and quality of the lives of his patients. This book should improve the reader’s knowledge of the philosophers who wrote on the ontology of God. It also rediscovers that Baruch Spinoza had already reached the conclusions of modern-day thinkers more than 350 years ago.