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Reform Judaism is a phenomenon of man’s restless spirit. At its best it is a dynamic faith—and its very dynamism…
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W. Gunther Plaut
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Toronto, Canada
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1963
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They distort the words of the living God. It is a clear Torah lesson, as the sages have taught: “Whosoever speculates on four things, a pity for him! He is as though he had not come into the world.”
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Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1714
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Judaism’s approach to history is shaped by the fact that unlike other religions, it locates perfection not at the beginning but at the end of history. This, surely, is the…
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Elijah Benamozegh
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Livorno, Kingdom of Italy (Livorno, Italy)
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1863
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Henryk Glicenstein
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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ca. 1911
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The Messiah of Israel does not come to redeem men from some original sin they never committed, nor from sins which they can liberate themselves of every day, through divine mercy and their own powers…
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Dante A. Lattes
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Rome, Kingdom of Italy (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1923
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I am convinced that the problems implicit in “death of God” theology concern Judaism as much as Christianity. Technically death-of-God theology reflects the Christian tradition of the passion of the…
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Richard L. Rubenstein
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1966
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1. “If you’re planting a tree and you hear Mashiah has come, first finish planting and then run to the city gates to tell him Shalom” (Yochanan Ben Zakkai).
Therefore: Plant a tree somewhere as a…
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Arthur Waskow
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1973
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I had a vision in Salonika, as though the following words were said to somebody: Go lead Yakov the wise into the rooms and when you and he come to the first room, I admonish you that all the doors and…
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Jacob Frank
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ca. 1760
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“Blessed are you, God, God of our ancestors, the great, awesome, and holy God. You have bequeathed human understanding (da‘at ha-enoshit) to humanity. You have gifted us with the knowledge of your…
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Menachem Mendel Lefin
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Satanov, Russian Empire (Sataniv, Ukraine)
Date:
1809
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Without any intent to praise myself inappropriately, but rather to take note that perseverance and good will helps to achieve results, I want to emphasize that, without causing any…
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Aleksander Kraushar
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Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1895