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Faith, conflict and society: a Jewish perspective.
ALL FAITHS have their fundamentalists; people who decline to engage inclusively with modernity. And faiths, more than cultures, have the capacity to be insular.
In assessing any faith or culture as contributing to conflict in our society, or indeed as Rabbi David Rosen said recently, as contributing to the solution to conflict in our society, we need to distinguish between people of faith and fundamentalists. People of faith are pre pared to live with ambiguity and uncertainty, and therefore are willing to respect human difference while being strengthened in their particular faith. By contrast, fundamentalists admit of no uncertainty or ambiguity. For them their ...
- To Some Jews, Faith Means Lox, Bagels and Seinfeld.(TheFrontPage)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) November 8, 1999 700+ words
...religion to attract "latent Jews," such as myself, synagogues...Religious observance among Jews is lower than any other major faith. Jews are one of "the least religious...jokingly, Jews think any Jew who's more religious than...
- 'Crypto-Jews': Their faith survived in secret.(Originated from Providence...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dujardin, Richard C. October 15, 1997 700+ words
...Day of Atonement when Jews fast from sundown to sundown...in 1391, some 50,000 Jews lost their lives in a...united under one Christian faith, authorities began taking...were not seen simply as Jews who adhered to another...story of one crypto-Jew in Mexico who told her...
- Conservative Jews declare faith not tied to Israel
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times March 13, 1988 700+ words
...document said." Some Jews have viewed the Jewish...state in gathering Jews and "rebuilding a...Hebrew for "Truth and Faith," was drawn up over...way of life for the Jew today to live in loyalty...relations with other faiths and meaning of "chosen...s choosing of the Jews to reveal ...
- Foundation awards grants to L.A. Jews.(FAITH)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) May 9, 2009 700+ words
...food, employment, mental health counseling, scholarships and other services to help alleviate the impact of the recession on Jews in Los Angeles. A total of $750,000 was donated to the Jewish Family Relief Network, an organization that encompasses Jewish...
- RESETTLED JEWS RELISH FAITH WITHOUT FEAR ALBANY OFFERS FREEDOM THEY NEVER HAD...
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) December 17, 1995 700+ words
...This year, Dubov's faith will come unlocked in...Vycheslav, will join Jews around the world in...to practice one's faith without fear. Historically...tonight. Resettled Jews like the Dubovs can practice their faith freely, a privilege...
- DECEMBER DILEMMA CHRISTMAS HUMAN ISSUE FOR JEWS IN MIXED-FAITH MARRIAGES.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 25, 1991 700+ words
...give up being a Jew and "be Christmas...among three dozen Jews, converts and Christians in mixed-faith marriages who came...dilemma. For some Jews, it is the difficulty of having a faith that excludes Christmas...estimated 5.5 million Jews in the country...married into the ...
- AT HOLY DAYS, NEW WAYS TO DRAW JEWS TO THEIR FAITH
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) DAVID GIBSON, Staff Writer September 5, 1994 700+ words
...DAYS, NEW WAYS TO DRAW JEWS TO THEIR FAITH By DAVID GIBSON, Staff...Like a number of American Jews, Carla Harman had a childhood...traditions and rituals of her faith. "My family was Jewish...So this lapsed liberal Jew began attending education...
- Some Jews find Lieberman `backpedaling' on faith issues.(Culture, Et Cetera)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Trotta, Liz October 17, 2000 700+ words
...is a factor among older Jews with stark memories of World War II. Fewer New York Jews marry outside their faith than in any other area...conservative religious Jews - it was the senator...Dov Hikind, an Orthodox Jew, in the New York Post...
Source: HighBeam Research, Faith, conflict and society: a Jewish perspective.