(55 quotes found)
“The Union for Reform Judaism has never before undertaken a project like this -- but there has never before been a natural disaster as devastating as Hurricane Katrina. When one American is in pain, the entire American Jewish community is in pain. We are part of the fabric of this country, and our Jewish obligation is to mend that fabric when it tears.”
Rabbi Daniel Freelander
“I have two interests in life, community and Judaism. This job allows me to do both.”
Steven Greenberg
“I think that for example, many Christians assume that Judaism is Christianity without Christ and that we live an Old Testament life style. But Judaism has evolved over time and it is a vast body of teaching that expends over 3000 years.”
Rabbi Geoff Dennis
“The interpretation that Judaism is a religion of law and Christianity is a religion of love is a long-standing interpretation, but that is a misconception of Judaism.”
“Judaism is a non-proselytizing religion, but we realize there are many people who know little about Judaism and are curious to know more. We aren't looking to win people to our point of view, but we just want to be better understood.”
“People who are not Jewish and are attracted to Judaism should know that it's tough being Jewish. There are commandments in the Jewish faith that non-Jews simply don't have to observe.”
Rabbi Neal Katz
“The rich Jewish culture of Spain permeates Judaism to this day, ... Their customs, language, traditions, food and art, as well as Sephardic Judaism, spread out through the Diaspora. The first American Jews were Sephardic. It is important to recover this history.”
Richard Freund
“This is about development of Judaism and Christianity, which do go separate ways at a certain point. But it is also about how they emerge from common roots and how they parallel their development almost in an interchangeable way through a very critical period of time.”
James Snyder
“because then they can now go out and party and celebrate the joy of Judaism.”
Tom Cohen
“Judaism is everything ? it's emotional, intellectual, metaphysical. Here I was looking for all these things and it was in my own backyard.”
Lieba Schwartz
