Of all the sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity, some of the most arresting are works like Wisdom of Sirach, whose apocalyptic tone reflects the shock of the Jewish religious establishment at the encounter with Hellenic culture.
Mr. PETER STEIN (San Francisco Jewish Film Festival): There's a sense that Jewish life throughout the world is under siege, Israel as a nation is under siege, but what is really remarkable about Jewish culture is the insistence on self-questioning.
Likewise, a Catholic bishop might consider it a badge of honor to get an idea about religious education from the North American Jewish Day School Conference, or an insight into the broader culture from a novel written by an atheist.
At the time, one of these humble columnists was working at a Jewish culture magazine called Heeb, and decided to blog about the doll.
He brings out well the paradox of Eichmann's genuine interest in Jewish history and culture (he greeted his captors with a Hebrew prayer), and the abominable crimes he committed.
Jerusalem is the center of Jewish history, civilization, culture, and faith.
An annual Jewish festival in the city of Krakow, which Mr Krajewski thinks has done much to embrace Jewish culture within Poland's wider cultural legacy, is already well established.
Many, including his parents, settled in Israel, and continued the culture that Dalal describes as "Jewish Babylonian" or "Judaeo-Arab".
The Jewish people, if they may be considered as such, had their culture formed under the pressures of diaspora.
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But to prove the point, let alone nail down just how Jewish artists have jewified American culture, would require much more scholarly toil.
In an honest, moving and simple memoir which shows self-knowledge without self-indulgence, Ms Laber describes her background as the daughter of a self-made Russian-Jewish entrepreneur in New York who discouraged her fascination with Russian culture.
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