Unheroic Conduct, Dying for God . ). . Nonetheless, these increasingly articulate presentations of the value of diasporic Jewish culture soon come into conflict with many aspects of Zionism. ..…

Barney Frank, after he left office, said that while he did not believe God, he also did not like the word atheist in part, out of fear that Jewish would see him as anti-Semitic. ..…

My Muslim brothers and Gaza and all over Palestine, with the help of Allah we are with you in the battle, we will direct our strikes against crusader-Jewish coalition wherever we can, said the then- second in command and leader of Takfiri in audio message.. ..…

As with other standard measures of religious observance, belief in God varies considerably by Jewish subgroup, ethnic background, primary language and education level and type. . ... By contrast, Yiddish speakers are nearly universally certain about God’s existence..…

There is somewhat more disagreement among Jews of different religious backgrounds on whether a person can be Jewish if he or she does not believe in God. Majorities of Hilonim (88%) and Masortim (61%) say not believing in God is compatible with being Jewish, but fewer..…

About nine-in-ten of those surveyed from both groups say they are absolutely certain in their belief God, nearly all surveyed from either group say they do not travel by car, train or bus on Sabbath, accordance with Jewish law. ..…

But relatively few Jews in both places say person who believes Jesus was Messiah can be Jewish .. The notion that person can be Jewish even without observing Sabbath or believing God may be tied to the idea held by many Jews that being Jewish is more about ancestry or..…

He drew caricatures of Catholic bishops, Jewish rabbis, Muslim imams, and, when the need presented itself, of God. . ..…

A similar trend is seen among Catholics: 64% expressed an absolutely certain belief in God in 2014, compared with 72% in 2007. And among those who identify as Jewish on the basis of religion, the share saying they do not believe in God at all has risen from 10% to 17% over this..…

Conservatives have charged that the harbor standard, quickly criticizing Christian conservatives Jewish on major national ticket, evoked God at many campaign stops.. ..…

But 'the Jewish notion of justice, like our very relationship with God, has been evolutionary,' he added. 'Several centuries after the formulation of the Torah law, the sages of Jewish rabbinic tradition announced their feeling that a court (and, by extension, a society) which must..…

These included Jewish, Wiccan priestess and the chairman of Baha'i congregation. Each faith has different, even competing concept of God, at least for Christians, the purpose of praying before council meetings.. ..…

Even among Jews by religion, more than half (55%) say being Jewish is mainly a matter of ancestry and culture, and two-thirds say it is not necessary to believe in God to be Jewish. . ... And 40% of Jews say they believe the land that is now Israel was given by God to the..…

He recommends reading Godless by Dan Barker and 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God by Guy P. ... Lauren Anderson Youngblood: Jewish, Comm. Mgr for Secular Coalition for America . . ..…

Surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly), Israel’s Declaration of Independence spells out Jewish rights to the land of Israel in exactly the format Ryan suggests. There is no “Because God said so” while indigeneity is placed above all other explanations. ..…

After the nightmare torments of Nazism we could settle down together at last to await the restoration of God’s kingdom. . This seemed to me not only a Jewish but also a European Jewish literary vision. ..…

A senior Israeli military officer told the International Crisis Group that he would “rather give back Tel Aviv than Hebron,” which he described as “Jewish land” that “is promised to us by the Bible, by God…. ..…

quick & dirty check in the suggests that Jewish confidence in the existence of God tends to decrease with education... ..…