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A Jew in a Jeep
By Tuvia Bolton
"Tell me, Rabbi," he called out anxiously, "if... if I put on tefillin, will G-d protect me?"
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What's Wrong With Religion?
By Manis Friedman
Religion offers salvation, enlightenment, a place in heaven. Religion teaches self-improvement: humility, devotion, patience, faith. Religion demands a standard of behavior that benefits our souls, our bodies and our society. I'm glad Judaism is not a ...
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Finding One’s Way
By Tamar Frankiel
Many people assumed that it must be difficult for me to believe in G-d or to practice one religion exclusively. They thought studying and teaching comparative religion promotes a relativistic morality wherein all beliefs and practices are equal
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Who Needs Organized Religion?
By Tamar Frankiel
Do we? Does G-d? No and yes. We may find, however, when we begin to reveal ourselves more deeply, that a new "companion" is sitting next to us at one of those unending committee meetings.
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A Set of Dishes
By Velvl Greene
Our interests included Jewish "things": JPS books, Chagall prints, and Jewish records. And that was enough for us. Until our visit to Warsaw
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Spiritual Warrior
By Jay Litvin
I find this battle terrifying, because I have no idea where it will lead. It forces me to confront the plaguing question: if I truly let G-d in, what will He do to me once He is there? Who will I be?
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Kosher Marks
By Michael Medved
My daughter was hoping that I'd detect some excuse in the fine print on the wrapper, but I found no visible certification. "I'm sorry, Sarah," I said, handing it back to her after a careful search. "I just don't see any kosher mark."
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Is G-d Religious?
By Simon Jacobson
If G-d transcends all limitation and definition, and religion is a set of laws and rituals and a list of things that one must or must not do, why would the way to relate to G-d be to impose further restriction and definition on our already finite and ...
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Confessions of a Fundamentalist
By Tziporah Unger
Yes, I was a rationalist. Yes, I believed in evolution and the A scroll and the J scroll and all that stuff anthropologists said about the Bible. But this was too much
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Creationism
By Yanki Tauber
Why does every normal person, regardless of his professed philosophy, regard human life as valuable?
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