The Myth and Reality of Judaism: 82 Misconceptions Set StraightBehrman House, Inc, 1989 - 226 pages Jewish wisdom and candor on fascinating hot-button topics including: God ethics sex women in Judaism and much more. High school and adult education classes will be riveted. |
Contents
miracles is essential to the Jewish faith 4 Unlike Christians | 33 |
Belief in one God is the main contribution of Judaism to civ | 39 |
God determines the fate of all individuals 15 | 46 |
religious Jew 18 Jewish law favors capital punishment 19 | 66 |
Judaism advocates sex for procreation not for plea | 79 |
In Jewish law a woman cannot initiate divorce 31 | 85 |
no influence outside the home in biblical times 33 It is | 93 |
at all 36 Jewish law requires that all work be prohibited on | 104 |
Prayer is essentially asking something of God 53 Personal | 145 |
daism are like second class citizens 57 One who adopts | 166 |
A Jew must not pray for the death of a person who is about | 171 |
to die 64 Jews are expected to accept tragedy without complaint | 186 |
SOME COMMON HEBREW EXPRESSIONS | 193 |
takes place in the synagogue 75 The meaning of Torah is | 204 |
Jews were never fighters until the Warsaw Ghetto uprising | 211 |
against the Nazis 80 Jews have shown a genius for business 81 | 217 |
Hanukkah is a major Jewish holiday 41 Passover is primarily | 113 |
The observance of a Jewish custom is optional 44 In Jewish | 120 |
Jewish dietary laws were ordained for health reasons 47 | 136 |
AFTERWORD page | 223 |
Common terms and phrases
accepted aliyah ancient Ashkenazic asked basic Bible biblical birth blessing brit milah called century ceremony child Christian circumcision clothing commandments custom death debate deceased dietary laws divorce dogmas eating example expressed faith father ghetto God's Greek Hanukkah hasid Hebrew holiday holy husband interpretation Israel Israelites Jewish belief Jewish community Jewish law Jewish sources Jewish thought Jewish tradition Jews kashrut Kol Nidre kosher law requires live marriage meaning mezuzah minhag miracles Mishna Mishneh Torah mitzvah mitzvot moral mourner Mourner's kaddish Nahmanides Nidre non-Jew observe one's origin Passover peace perform permitted person Pharisees physical pray prayer prohibited prophet proselyte question Rabbenu Tam Rabbi Judah reason recite the kaddish refers regarded religion religious response ritual Sabbath sacred sages Satan scholars seder slave spirit synagogue tallit Talmud tefillin tion Torah Scroll tzedakah vegetarianism wearing wife woman women words worshipper yizkor Yom Kippur Zionist