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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Jew. A person descended from a Jewish mother or who has formally converted to Judaism. According to the
halakhah, Jewish descent is from the maternal line. Even an
apostate is counted as a full Jew. Gentiles who wish to identify with Judaism have to undergo full ritual conversion, including
circumcision for men, and
mikveh.
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Jew vs. Jew: the Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry. (Book Reviews). (book review)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; Jew vs. Jew: the Struggle for the Soul...other lands acceptance of Jews lasted for relatively short...find difficulty living with Jews whose religious practices...who is and who is not a Jew? Should Reform Jews and Jewish secularists try...
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Jews and Jesus.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Jesus because they are already Jews, and the mark of being a Jew is that one rejects Jesus"? Many Jews who believe in Jesus call themselves...accepts Jesus he is no longer a Jew of any description because Jews don't accept Jesus. But the...
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Jews, Lithuanians and the Holocaust
Magazine article from: Canadian Slavonic Papers; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Alfonsas Eidintas. Jews, Lithuanians and the Holocaust. Vilnius...that was "truer than true" (p. 11). Jews, Lithuanians and the Holocaust is especially...difficult dialogue between Lithuanians and Jews. From this point of view, the work is...
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The Jews'
Newspaper article from: Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 5/12/2005; 700+ words
; ...mission. Now ask any Jew, religious or secular...Most religious Jews rarely talk about...lived. Therefore, Jews came to fear and loathe...the less Jewish a Jew is, the more he is...secular, are not. The Jews are like the biblical Jonah, the Jew asked by God to carry...
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Jews Unite in Rally for Soviet Emigration;Diverse U.S. Jewish Groups Unite in Rally for Soviet Emigration
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/6/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...demonstration, said that many American Jews, reflecting on the Nazi extermination...go I . . . . For many American Jews, the opportunity to save another Jew is compelling and irresistible...extinction." "For American Jews, there's a sense of belonging...
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A JEWS FOR JESUS CHRISTMAS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/28/1987; 700+ words
; ...can't Christmas be a Jewish Holiday? (Jews for Jesus advertisement) THIS ELECTRONIC...FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. This December, Jews for Jesus will be bringing home their message...organization behind the national campaign - Jews for Jesus - sounds like a contradiction...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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JEWS, THE 'EVER-DYING PEOPLE,' ARE ETERNAL THREATENED SINCE ITS INCEPTION, JUDAISM IS ALWAYS IN TRANSITION.(Viewpoint)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...of Israel, to ``throw the Jews into the Mediterranean.'' Hate crimes against Jews flourish in parts of the world...been a better time to live as a Jew than now. Looking back on Jewish...described neighborhoods where Jews were forced to live because...
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Jews' safety depends on aiding Palestinians
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 5/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...adulthood, I've given a lot of thought to the Jews' situation in the world and our relationship to...community, and I think it's important for non-Jews to understand why many Jews feel the way they do with regard to Israel. Jews...
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Jews Remain Democrats, New Independent Polling Shows
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...Seventy-one percent of American Jews would definitely vote or consider voting...for Bush, only 25 percent of American Jews would do so. These results, aggregated...The survey demonstrates that American Jews remain strongly Democratic, with 64 percent...
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Jews find home again in Russia; More leave Israel for Moscow, spurred by economic opportunity and a decline of anti-Semitism.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/4/2004; 700+ words
; ...identity angst, some former Soviet Jews who rushed for the exit as the...knew what it felt like to be a Jew in the USSR," says Gurevich...exodus About 1 million Soviet Jews emigrated to Israel in the decades...Semitic revival. The number of Jews in Russia plummeted to 230...
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Jews
Book article from: American Eras
Jews Sources New Netherland. The first recorded Jews in North America came to the Dutch West India Company’...but instead represented the two major immigrant streams of Jews that came to early America—the Ashkenazim, or...
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Jews of the Middle East
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Jews of the Middle East ETHNONYMS: Jews of Islam, Oriental Jews Orientation Prior to 1948, Jewish communties were found discontinuously in an area stretching from southwest Asia across North Africa, from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the north...
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Jews in the Middle East
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
JEWS IN THE MIDDLE EAST History of Jewish presence...Second Jewish Commonwealth in 70 c.e., Jews were living in much of the Middle East and...adyah Gaon in Iraq or Maimonides in Egypt. Jews in Persia also developed a Judeo-Persian...
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Jews, Arabic-Speaking
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Jews, Arabic-Speaking ETHNONYMS: Names among Jewish...Damascenes). Among Arabic speakers, Arabic-speaking Jews are referred to as "Yahud awlad al- ʿ arab" (lit., "Jews who are children of the Arabs," or Arabophone Jews...
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Jews of Algeria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Jews of Algeria ETHNONYMS: Maghrebi Jews (Arabic maghreb: west), North African Jews, Pieds-Noirs, Sephardic Jews, Sfardim Orientation Identification. The Jews of Algeria are a very diverse cultural group, owing in part to Algeria's...
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