Word: christianly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rabbi Gold sees the student in a quandry, suffering from two basic deficiencies: first, he has no fundamental understanding of himself as a Jew; and second, he has no exposure to varieties of thought. "The Jewish student begins to see his Judaism through Christian glasses. This is deplorable, since it distorts his understanding of himself as a Jew. One has to know who he is as a Jew before being exposed to the Christian views...
Another attitude the Jewish student may have toward Christian or agnostic ideas he meets for the first time in his reading or his philosophy course was noted by Harry A. Wolfson, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus. "Because the Jew doesn't have the background, he is made curious. It is the impact of novelty...
Today, the Jewish student should be taught about Christianity, since he lives in a Christian community, Wolfson recommended. In his general education, however, there should also be training in Jewish tradition, according to Wolfson, and there should be an emphasis on religion...
Hillel provides several informal courses on aspects of Jewish culture and traditions. "Hillel, therefore, should help the students understand themselves as Jews." Rabbi Gold said. "We can hope that the Jewish part of the Judeo-Christian tradition will become a larger part of university curricula, but for the time being it is Hillel which assumes responsibility...
...questionnaire, but a clear plurality of the votes went to "a God about Whom nothing definite can be affirmed except that I sometimes sense Him as a mighty spiritual `presence' permeating all mankind and nature." The agnostic's view came in a close second; after it came the traditional Christian formulation and then the belief in "a vast, impersonal principle of order or natural uniformity working throughout the entire universe ... which, though not conscious of mere human life, I choose to call `God'." And thirty-three people felt moved to sketch their own conceptions of the Deity since the poll...