... The books of Esther and the Song of Solomon do not contain the word "God". The Jewish codifiers of the Bible almost left them out (i.e., almost... ...cky (stout), shabbily dressed (though a gentleman), foreign-looking euphemism for Jewish-looking), and with a moustache. He wore a deerstalker hat... ...t have been the sister of the Virgin Mary, as the Church would have us believe. In Jewish families, two sisters cannot share the same name. John im... ...ce 1897. It is an important part of the flag of the State of Israel. It has been a Jewish symbol for a mere 400 years, though. It appears, for inst... ... assimilated Jew, who did not consider Palestine the optimal choice for a resurgent Jewish nationalism. When the British offered to him a homelan... .../jsource/Zionism/Uganda.html http://www.jewishamerica.com/ja/timeline/zionism.cfm Vegetarianism Vegetarianism is associated with compassion. Yet...

... L U T I O N O F H U M A N I T Y Q: Why did the Kabbalah remain, much like all Jewish thought, in the margins of the development of the cultural worl... ...age of legends (Agada the language of legends ( ), the language of the Talmud (Jewish re- ligious laws), and the language of the Kabbalah (Sefirot), w... ... hu- manity: the language of the Bible (history), the language of the Halacha (Jewish law), the language of Agada (legends and tales), and the languag... ...rrected before all other souls, then in our world, in groups of people with a Jewish type of soul there are Kabbalists. Those are people who came ou... ...he Creator, who is unique. A gentile who walks toward the Creator is called “Jewish,” and a Jew who doesn’t is called a “gentile.” Q: What is the be... ...u will understand what you must do (although there is not a single word about vegetarianism). Such is the virtue of Kabbalah: the very study builds ... ... In Kabbalah ..............................................................402 Vegetarianism ............................................................

...Westerners continue to list themselves on the census forms as Christian or Jewish, but for many people these terms have come to lose nearly all meanin... ...people as much as things. This is more or less what Martin Buber, a modern Jewish writer, meant when he spoke of changing one’s perception of the worl... ...ns tend to devote the giant’s share of their content to the development of Jewish and Christian thought, which is then used in turn as a basic outlook... ...grouping of people to whom it is convenient to give a common name such as “Jewish” or “Shinto.” What is more usually intended is very well-defined, or... ...ce towards animals (an avoidance that necessarily requires the adoption of vegetarianism), the offering of compassionate relief, as far as possible, t... ...e explanation may be simply that Buddhist converts in the West come from a Jewish or Christian background in which the masculinity of God has until re...

...ligious creeds as there are adherents. It is true that thevast majority of Westerners continue to list themselves on the census forms as Christian or Jewish, but for many...

...ade associations Unicef Union label, buy United way Urban planning Vd hotline Vegetarianism Veteran's rights Vivisection Voter registration ... ... conservation.) A similar R & D procedure was followed by the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), combining general members' opinions with tho... ...for reform of juvenile jusitce system 10. Declining importance attached to present Jewish heritage 58 11. Inefficient criminal justice system ... ...e being written, the very first center for researching the contemporary market for Jewish ideas and issues is under way at Brandeis University. A n... ...ws, the impact of religious cults on young Jews and the size and complexity of the Jewish population have received widespread and persistent attenti... ...iting factor in the absorption of such ideas as credit purchasing, franchising and vegetarianism. Clearly, marketing strategy for ideational produc... ...ntice-Hall. Briggs, Kenneth A. 1980. "Brandeis Plans the First Center for Study of Jewish Life in U.S." New York Times, June 26, A16. Brown, Daniel...

... of Western culture since at least the days of the Greeks and Romans. The Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions may not have reduced the activity, ... ...for a minute. Dr. Singh is a Sikh. The Sikhs may follow the Hindu idea of vegetarianism or they may eat meat. Whether it is their diet or their gene... ...tachment to the Golden Rule. Just look at the Catholic Italian mafia, the Jewish Defense League, and the Tamil Tigers. So many in religion are concer...

...nse. Viktor Frankl developed the idea that we need to find meaning in our lives and to be responsible for choosing and living our values. As a Jewish... ... being only one God. This he passed down through his son Isaac to his progeny, the Jews. Jesus of course was always a Jew. He, like many other Jewish... ... drives of Freud? How much is a person‘s environment influenced by finding meaning in his or her life? Certainly our environments differ. The Jewish... ...gical or religious values, or perhaps warlike values. Then at the bottom level of the pantheistic god, it would be likely that we would value vegeta... ...ted with senseless attacking. Whether they be white, as with the Ku Klux Klan, Nazis, or Skinheads; black, as some in the Nation of Islam; or Jewish... ...en they must find a new identity by identifying with the roots of their ancestors. Americans find comfort in their Irish, Italian, Spanish or Jewish...

...en add the belief that Jesus is God, and that the Bible is true--both the Jewish scriptures and the New Testament scriptures, then my religious belie... ...d you believe that it starts at birth we both hold only opinions. The old Jewish concept was that life started when the child 49 was born. The C... ...virtue is kind.‘ Then a few hundred years later Christianity rekindled the Jewish law when Matthew wrote ‗So in everything, do to others, what you wo... ...th merciful and vengeful in the Old and New Testaments and the Koran. The Jewish book Nahum (4) shows God to be jealous and avenging, even though He ... ...That we would call 62 God. These same arguments have been made in the Jewish tradition, particularly by Maimonides, and in the Islamic tradition... ...ves, he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.‘ So vegetarianism may not be a particularly Christian concept. It is, however,...

...lent of manslaughter (through negligence)? Do habits like smoking, drug addiction, vegetarianism – infringe upon the right to life of the embryo? D... ...n". As usual, Judaism was there first, agonizing over similar moral conflicts. Two Jewish sayings amount to a reluctant admission of the relativity... ...as many drawbacks. One, it leads to moral relativism. Consider this maxim from the Jewish Talmud: "Do not do unto thy friend that which you hate". ... ...itic arguments more closely and in an unbiased manner: Argument number one - Being Jewish is a racial distinction - not only a religious one If ra... .... Only Jews become automatic citizens of Israel (the infamous Law of Return). The Jewish Response: Race has been invariably used as an argument ag... ...y no biological test or restriction on joining the collective that is known as the Jewish people or the religion that is Judaism. It is true that s...

...lent of manslaughter (through negligence)? Do habits like smoking, drug addiction, vegetarianism – infringe upon the right to life of the embryo? D... ...n". As usual, Judaism was there first, agonizing over similar moral conflicts. Two Jewish sayings amount to a reluctant admission of the relativity... ...as many drawbacks. One, it leads to moral relativism. Consider this maxim from the Jewish Talmud: "Do not do unto thy friend that which you hate". ... ...itic arguments more closely and in an unbiased manner: Argument number one - Being Jewish is a racial distinction - not only a religious one If ra... .... Only Jews become automatic citizens of Israel (the infamous Law of Return). The Jewish Response: Race has been invariably used as an argument ag... ...y no biological test or restriction on joining the collective that is known as the Jewish people or the religion that is Judaism. It is true that s...