#judaism

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#adherence #am #because #grounded #hard

Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant. ↗

— Michael Novak

#christians #covenant #depends #first #jews

The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question. ↗

— Michael Novak

#christianity #creator #empowered #gave #god

I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#buddhism #christianity #different #different religions #hinduism

Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions. ↗

— Berthold Auerbach

#creed #institutions #judaism #lives

Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn. ↗

— Michael Novak

#christians #hopeful #jews #judaism #too

In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#in other words #judaism #other #words

We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#holy #jews #judaism #problems #religion

If you’re an Orthodox believer, then what sustains this framework is the obligation that you follow. But if you live in a democratic, liberal world whose motto is: “Make choices and manage your choices according to what is good for you,” then there is a built-in tension between that which connects and that which divides. Between the material and the intellectual or ethical. Materialism is not a dirty word, but in this tension between the individual and the material on the one hand, and the communal and the ethical on the other, we are at the end of an age in which the material and the individual are triumphing. ↗

— Kalid Gilad

#ethics-and-moral-philosophy #judaism #materialism #otherness #progressives

Through the ages, many different groups have called themselves victims. Some came through wars and massacres. Some were slaves or minorities. But the Jews, who have always been victimized throughout history, don’t see themselves as victims. We see ourselves as survivors. The difference between survivors and victims is that survivors go on with their lives after a tragedy, whereas victims continue to wallow in self-pity. ↗

— Celso Cukierkorn

#money #rabbi-celso #age