Quotes About Judaism

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

Page 278: As Talmudic scholar Jacob Neusner observes: "theologically and historically, there is no such thing as the Judeo-Christian tradition. It's a secular myth favored by people who are not really believers themselves.

By forbidding Jews to destroy their hair, the Bible warns them away from seeking the siren song of eternal youth. By encouraging Jews to grow beards, it reminds them that they will not be young forever, that they must prepare the ground for those who come after, just as their fathers did for them.

I love religions and find them fascinating, and I find Judaism very beautiful. It's enriched my life enormously.

The New Testament authors fought, ultimately in vain, to maintain their legitimacy as Jews. Read as a Jewish book, the New Testament becomes the story of a reluctant parting—the closing arguments, the last hopes—before Christians ceased, sometimes angrily, sometimes sadly, to be a part of the Jewish people.

Chez les Juifs, on allait même jusqu'à envisager dans certains cas la peine de mort pour celui qui s'unirait charnellement avec une femme ayant ses règles ; pour le zoroastrisme, cela constituait un péché sans rémission. On lit dans le code islamique de Sidi Khebil : « Celui qui pour satisfaire son plaisir touche une femme durant les règles, perd la force et la tranquillité de l'esprit. »

The earliest Christians did not consider themselves followers of a new religion. All of their lives they had been Jews and they still were. This was true of Peter and the twelve, of the seven, and of Paul. Their faith was not a denial of Judaism but was rather the conviction that the messianic age had finally arrived.

Adler returned to his father's Temple Emanu-El in 1873 and preached a sermon on what he called the "Judaism of the Future." To survive in the modern age, the younger Adler argued, Judaism must renounce its "narrow spirit of exclusion." Instead of defining themselves by their biblical identity as the "Chosen People," Jews should distinguish themselves by their social concern and their deeds on behalf of the laboring classes.

Adler sostenía que la respuesta al antisemitismo consistía en difundir globalmente la cultura intelectual. Es interesante señalar que criticaba el sionismo porque se replegaba en la particularidad judía: «El sionismo es un ejemplo actual de la tendencia a

A Christian is Christ in the inward humanity; and a Jew is Christ in the figure, and in the office of his law, viz. according to nature.

I'm a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don't turn on my computer for 24 hours.

In Jewish history there are no coincidences.

My father was ethnically Jewish, but his family converted to Catholicism.

If you are a Rothschild, a Rosenwald, a Gimbel, or even a Waldbaum, growing up Jewish can be a rich experience. For the rest of us, it could be just so-so.

I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.

If I have to advise our brothers in France, I'll tell them one thing - move to Israel, as early as possible. I say that to Jews all around the world, but there I think it's a must and they have to move immediately.

The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.

I am extremely respectful of the Jewish community. You know, I am Christian. I think of Jews as my older brothers. I mean, there wouldn't be Christianity without the Jewish religion. There is a direct connection between the two of them.

Historically, Jews only accept converts rather than actively seeking them.

The common moral praxis of Jews and Christians is most definitely theologically informed by the doctrine we share in common: The human person, male and female, is created in the image of God.

In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.

As Jews, we are commanded to give tzedakah - an act of justice, not charity - because it is the righteous thing to do.

Jews seek to cleave to the will of God as set forth in the Bible and, particularly, the Pentateuch, with its rabbinic commentaries, the Mishnah and Talmud.

Today, there are those who hallucinate that a democratic and Jewish state is only democratic for the Jews.