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There is only one question which really matters: why do bad things happen to good people? All other theological conversation is intellectually diverting; somewhat like…
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Harold S. Kushner
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Natick, United States of America
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1981
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One widespread misconception concerning Judaism is the notion that Judaism is a religion which is not rooted in dogma. […] To be sure, membership in the community of Israel is not contingent upon a…
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J. David Bleich
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1983
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I have studied the science of leaving
in night’s unbraided sorrows.
Oxen ruminate—the waiting lingers to the final
hour of the city’s vigil—and I honor rituals
from that other night—the rooster…
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Osip Mandelstam
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1917
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Some say the word Odradek is of Slavonic origin, and try to account for it on that basis. Others again believe it to be of German origin, only influenced by Slavonic. The uncertainty of both…
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Franz Kafka
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Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1917
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Salo Schottländer
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(Germany, Germany)
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ca. 1900
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When I last occupied this pulpit I spoke on the text, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” I tried to indicate some of the stages by which this maxim became the Golden Rule of conduct, until it…
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Israel Abrahams
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(London, United Kingdom)
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1895
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One may think about Zionism as one wishes: one may consider it an aberration or an idea that has a claim on the future; one may regard it from the heights of a fantastical cosmopolitanism as a…
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Osias Thon
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(Poland, Poland)
Date:
1896
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Unity and Development
Judaism can look back upon a history of some thousands of years. During this period it has learned much and experienced much. Its thought always…
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Leo Baeck
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1905
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Kinneret, 12 Nissan, 5674 [8 April 1914]
There was a time when the writing of a letter, like the receiving of a letter, was in itself like a holiday for me. I lived in letters—as I told you once and…
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Aaron David Gordon
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(Israel, Israel)
Date:
1914
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The feminist movement as at present instituted is Inadequate
Women if you want to realize yourselves—you are on the eve of a devastating psychological upheaval—all your pet illusions must be…
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Mina Loy
Places:
Florence, Kingdom of Italy
(Florence, Italy)
Date:
1914