Mercifully the destruction of the European Jewish communities was not total, and at the close of the conflict about 20 per cent of the original population remained to face the future. In some countries, such as France, a high proportion of the total population survived, while in Britain the community was totally spared. Russian Jewry, though continuing its prewar isolation and despite losses from the German occupation, still lives on as a numerically substantial part of the Jewish people. The troubles in North Africa and the Middle East have forced an immigration from those areas into the European continent.
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European Judaism Editorial
Vol. 1 No. 1 Summer 1966
European Judaism
The Art of Doubting
A Jewish Perspective
Danny Rich
God act unfairly or is God at least indifferent to suffering? Is it simply not possible to discern the reasons for suffering? Judaism, in common with all faiths, has attempted to answer this dilemma. Jewish answers would range from it is not
Post-War Progressive Judaism in Europe
Jonathan Magonet
In 1946 in London was held the first post-war conference of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ). Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck, already in his seventies, gave the presidential address. He said: ‘Since the last conference of our World Union a
Why Were the Founders of Liberal Judaism in Britain Opposed to Zionism?
Lev Taylor
later become known as Liberal Judaism. This movement drew on traditions of reform in the USA and Germany that embraced biblical historicism and gender-egalitarian worship. As in other countries, the Liberals rejected ceremonialism, circumcision and
In European Judaism
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2020
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- Research Article
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- 109–123 (15 total)
The Ninetieth Anniversary of the World Union for Progressive Judaism
Richard G. Hirsch
The World Union for Progressive Judaism has served as the dynamic framework of my life since 1967. It has been my privilege to serve as the Executive Director for twenty-seven years (1972–1999) and since 1999 as Honorary Life President. Why
Progressive Judaism in France
Stephen Berkowitz
in Judaism. However, it is in this very same country, home to Europe’s largest Jewish population, that Progressive Judaism remains today relatively underdeveloped. Consider, for example, the striking difference in size between Progressive
In European Judaism
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- 01 Mar 2016
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- Research Article
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- 19–31 (13 total)
Psychoanalytic Judaism, Judaic Psychoanalysis
Stephen Frosh
crucial in the context of Judaism, the religion of the Jews: being Jewish does not depend on holding any particular beliefs or even really on self-definition, but rather it is a matter of community acknowledgement of one's belongingness and heritage. In
In European Judaism
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- 01 Mar 2022
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- Research Article
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- 71–85 (15 total)
Introduction
Beniamino Fortis
anthropological perspective. In order to introduce the subject of this issue of European Judaism , I think therefore that it is particularly appropriate to focus on some key points of Buber's work, in which the capacity to establish relations emerges as an
Progressive Judaism in Austria
Evelyn Adunka
, tempered by the culture of the society that surrounded him. Up to the current day he symbolizes the renewal of Jewishness and Judaism’. Sulzer was in theory in favour of using an organ. He took part in the Israelitische Synode in Leipzig in 1869; its vice
In European Judaism
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2016
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- Research Article
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- 32–43 (12 total)
Jews and Arabs
Lionel Blue
entities. Behind them stand two other and greater beings – Judaism and Islam. It is possible that the goodness inherent in them can achieve what the politicians cannot. Unfortunately neither is spiritually efficient, as all religion has been perverted in
In European Judaism
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2018
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- Research Article
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- 104–107 (4 total)