Word: hebrew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past generation, as "the religious factors in anti-Semitism have become less prominent." There seems to be a trend, he says, toward bringing Jesus back into "the mainstream of Jewish history. A Jewish basis has been found for most of his teachings. His stature is that of the Hebrew prophet, fearless fighter for righteousness. Like all religious geniuses, he was unique. As with Isaiah and Amos before him, he did not merely echo his people's convictions...
...Semitic Department also offers history courses by top scholars. Department Chairman Robert H. Pfeiffer's Religion of Israel, and courses taught by Harry A. Wolfson, Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature, are highly recommended by students...
...with the fiercer kind of Zionism ... No one would be more astonished or upset than the American Zionist if out of Zion were really to come forth the Law and Word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He hopes that out of Zion will come forth good Rotarian Israelites and Hebrew-speaking hot-dog sellers...
Said Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform): "Women should not be denied the privilege of ordination . . . There is nothing in the practice and principles of Liberal Judaism which precludes the possibility of a woman serving as a rabbi...
...Russia , . . there is no trace of formal Jewish organization or institutions . . . There is not a single Jewish newspaper or periodical throughout the length and breadth of the Soviet Union. Hebrew is forbidden. Religious instruction and everything that smacks of religious tradition is under the same ban . . . Everything Jewish is either eliminated or else suffocated under a heavy blanket of official silence...