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The future of the Jewish people in five photographs / Peter S. Temes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780803244597
  • 0803244592
  • 1283598124
  • 9781283598125
  • 9786613910578
  • 6613910570
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Future of the Jewish people in five photographs.DDC classification:
  • 305.892/4073 23
LOC classification:
  • BM565 .T46 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: eyeh asher eyeh -- How does it feel? -- How much change can Judaism stand? -- The first and second photographs -- The third photograph -- The fourth photograph -- The fifth photograph -- Coda: Jews for what?
Summary: Threatened by the love of would-be friends as well as the hatred of long-established enemies, the Jewish people face a number of critical questions about the future. What matters more: the number of Jewish people, or the qualities of the Jewish soul? Does asking, "Is it good for the Jews?" diminish the more profound question, "Is it good?" Should the Torah be seen as the unchanging anchor of faith or as a starting place for continual reinvention? Does Judaism hold within it a universal and inclusive ethic?These questions take on more and more significance as Jewish neighborhoods cont.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)484500

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Introduction: eyeh asher eyeh -- How does it feel? -- How much change can Judaism stand? -- The first and second photographs -- The third photograph -- The fourth photograph -- The fifth photograph -- Coda: Jews for what?

Print version record.

Threatened by the love of would-be friends as well as the hatred of long-established enemies, the Jewish people face a number of critical questions about the future. What matters more: the number of Jewish people, or the qualities of the Jewish soul? Does asking, "Is it good for the Jews?" diminish the more profound question, "Is it good?" Should the Torah be seen as the unchanging anchor of faith or as a starting place for continual reinvention? Does Judaism hold within it a universal and inclusive ethic?These questions take on more and more significance as Jewish neighborhoods cont.

English.