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If in Israel Jews were ungovernable, in the Diaspora they were unconquerable.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
moping around the back storeroom of the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, the sole Jewish grocery in Chicken Hill.
James McBride • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel
he pauses and asks how this person is and as he talks he quietly places a few coins in some inconspicuous place. But when the meeting ends he always says, “Shmuel, you are a man who bears misfortune with dignity. You must know God better than I do. Give me on this happy Friday your blessing,” and he makes the man feel that it is he who is doing the
... See moreJames A. Michener • The Source: A Novel
In some Chasidim’s conception, God did everything; humans only observed, repented, persisted, and waited on the Lord for deliverance. Significant numbers of Chasidim were highly critical of Mattathias’ action as impious. This split is not a simple case of Maccabees versus Chasidim.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
Remembering Jeremiah, the sages formulated a third way: to sustain their faith through institutions that (unlike the Temple) could be established anywhere – the synagogue, the school, the house of study and the home. In the meanwhile they would practise what today would be called active citizenship in the countries of their dispersion.