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“Up in the sky! It’s a bird!
It’s a plane! It’s…Superman!”
Oh, he was a giant back then. And he may have been a touch innocent, even primitive, but he was unique. One of a kind. And he was like an…
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Jules Feiffer
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New York, United States of America
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1996
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Jewish identity in the preemancipation period assumed essentially one of two forms—religion or communalism. Each in its own way was a break with tradition. Each was predicated on acceptance of the…
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Charles S. Liebman
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Ramat Gan, Israel
Date:
1973
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Freud says that primal anxiety was toxic, and that the primal limitation was of inspiration. If the anxiety of influence be imaged as a lack of breathing space, then the voluntary limitation that…
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Harold Bloom
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New Haven, United States of America
Date:
1975
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The Jewish community as a whole is a unique blend of kinship and consent. […] The fact that Jews are born Jewish places them in a special position to begin with, one that more often than not has…
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Daniel J. Elazar
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1976
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To think of the culture brought over by the immigrant Jews as a “mere” folk culture is a patronizing error, though an error often indulged in by later generations of American Jews. There was, of…
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Eliezer Greenberg
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1976
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There are now 157 or 162 independent states in the world, both new and old. The vast majority of them are under the sway of oppressive regimes, slavery, mass-brainwashing, ruler-worship: in one way or…
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Amos Oz
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Huldah, Israel
Date:
1979
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A British Holocaust denier accused Professor Deborah Lipstadt of libel under British law. Many were surprised that Lipstadt decided to go to court. Lipstadt explains what was at stake in her decision.
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Deborah E. Lipstadt
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Atlanta, United States of America
Date:
2005
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The fourth letter, ד, has the shape of an open doorway and its name, דָּלֶת, dalet, is cognate with דֶּלֶת [deles], door. The ד also alludes to דַּל, pauper, who knocks on doors, begging for alms. In…
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Michael L. Munk
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1983
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Diversity is a characteristic feature of Orthodoxy today. Orthodox leaders and movements inspire the extremes of the Jewish political spectrum, from the supernationalism of Meir Kahane…
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Immanuel Jakobovits
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1989
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[…] The question is merely theoretical today. There is, at present, no negotiating partner, as the Arabs are demanding the return of the entire Land of Israel, including Jerusalem, to which all the…
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Ovadia Yosef
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1989