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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...RARE CONVERSION, A JAPANESE SCHOLAR BECOMES A JEW. Though there are virtually no Jews in Japan, and Judaism is traditionally opposed to proselytizing, Philologist Setsuzau Kotsuji took the Jewish faith-after trying Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity-was circumcized at the age of 60. See RELIGION...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 12, 1959 | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

After a rigorous examination in Jewish law, circumcision (eased with local anesthesia), and a symbolic cleansing immersion in a pool, ex-Shintoist Kotsuji last week became a full-fledged Jew with (as one rabbi put it) "all its rights and all its troubles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Japanese Jew | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...Would you have any objections to the election as President of the United States of: (check all appropriate) 63-246 a Roman Catholic; 6-304 a Protestant; 43-267 a Jew; 47-251 an atheist or agnostic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of the Questionnaire | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...Roman Catholic; 45-264 a Protestant; 97-211 a reform Jew; 171-137 an Orthodox Jew; 71-236 an atheist or agnostic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of the Questionnaire | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...naturally denying the orthodox doctrine of the Incarnation, still feel that "Christ should be regarded...as a very great prophet or teacher." "Whether or not he lived, many of his teachings are well worthwhile," an agnostic notes marginally. "The highest ideal of man," another adds; and a former Conservative Jew sees him as a "beautiful and profound symbol...

Author: By Friedrich Nietzsche, | Title: The Religion of Unbelief: Ethics Without God | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

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