The Reluctant JewAuthorHouse, 2 de mar. de 2007 - 376 páginas Even if you are agnostic or hard-core atheist there is a dazzling, thought-expanding, bright side to religion you may have overlooked. Living a spiritual life in the tradition of the Jewish faith, does not mean mindless adherence to outdated dogma. Judaism, instead, can be a source of exhilarating wonder, an inspiration to justice, and an impetus to ever increasing knowledge. Nowadays, even many who profess to be the most pious among us realize that when asked, What is God?, they must answer logically, even scientifically, to be persuasive. Theyre aware that any religion, to be convincing, other than to die-hard adherents, can not be at odds with reason and blindly insist only it speaks the truth. The field, therefore, is wide open. Each of us can attempt to journey towards a concept of God that makes sense, celebrates the discoveries of science, and will, hopefully, imbue the traveler with wonderment at the astonishing beauty in the world that too often lays hidden from us. Join Michael Grossman in his journey to the heart of Judaism, which places much more emphasis on "what people do" than on "what they believe," and in the process, an understanding of all the worlds great faiths. |
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... Jewish past are woven into it throughout. It also touches deeply upon Christian and Islamic history and tries to answer the question, “How should we Jews relate to our modern-day Christian and Muslim neighbors?” There are chapters on ...
... Jewish teachings about spirituality, morality, and God would often weave their way into his lessons. After all, Rabbi Blazer taught that from Abraham forward, the thrust of Jewish history has been our attempt to fulfill the special role we ...
... Jewish history as a result of Rabbi Blazer's adult ed. classes, that was just a way for me to fill in the huge gaps in my knowledge about history in general. The Jews had been around for so long, in so many places, that by learning Jewish ...
... Jews murdered God. Tortured him! Not the Romans. Not Pontius Pilate. The Jews. The Church taught that the Jews had rejected Jesus Christ, their own messiah, and were, until they begged forgiveness and accepted him, deservedly cursed. By ...
... Jews, but with students who were Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and even Bahai or Sikh. I discovered, however, that although they had gotten used to and were comfortable with Jews, some of their friends and family members at home were not ...