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The Photographic Negative of the Zeitgeist
On the night of Passover, during the dinner celebrated in commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt, a cup of wine is set on the table for Elijah – the herald of the messianic age – to drink when he stops … Continue reading →
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Tagged absence of Jews from the non-denominational meetings of theologians, antisemitism and the Zeitgeist, antisemitism’s changes with the Zeitgeist, blaming the Jews, Cain and Abel, competing for God’s preference, converting to Judaism, Darwinian racism, Darwinian survival of the fittest, disparaging the Holocaust, Elijah and the messiah, Enlightenment and antisemitism, Exodus from Egypt, fratricide and Biblical history, fratricide begins Biblical history, interreligious discussions without Jews, Israel as ancient Jewish homeland, Israel as majority non-white, Israel’s false accusers, Jews and the Biblical record, Jews and the Zeitgeist, Jews as a people not a race, Jews as empty chair at theological discussion, Jews as negatives of the Zeitgeist, Jews as truthfully recording their history, Jews blamed for crucifixion, Jews defined by their covenant, Jews keep a truthful record, Jews not biologically defined, lying for Elijah, meetings of theologians, mental somersaults of antisemitism, modern and Biblical Israel, Nazi racial definition of Jews, Nazi view of Jews as a race, Passover, resurgence of antisemitism, righteous Gentiles, Romanticism and Jews, Romanticism and Jews as rootless wanderers, sidelining the Holocaust, status of Jews, thanking the Jews, the Holocaust, theologians, theological discussion without Jews, theology, Voltaire and Jews, woke prejudgements, world religions except for Jews
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The Baal Shem Tov
The Baal Shem Tov The Baal Shem Tov (Master of the Good Name) is the preeminent Hassidic master, the 18th-century founder (1700-1760) and prototype of any follower who practices in that tradition. His very presence was said to be a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Authenticity, Baal Shem Tov, balancing power, becoming a Jew, charisma, Christian saints, converting to Judaism, cosmetic envy, crowd approval, dog approval, envy of Jews, envy of skills, fearlessness, happy endings, Hassidic master, Hassidim, hatred of Jews, healing power, horse approval, insider envy, Jewish fears, Jewish saints, Jewish sect, Jewish spiritual gifts, Jewish spiritual history, keeping one's cool, Martin Buber, Martin Buber's "Tales of the Hasidim: The Early Masters", overcoming bad inclinations, peak experiences, perfectability, perfection, personal story, piety, popularity, pseudo-feelings, recognizing a zaddik, self-actualization, self-curiosity, self-defeating reformers, sincere envy, sincere prayer, spiritual giants, staying in balance, strange fate of the Jews, the art of being Jewish, the Jewish spirit, tolerating the intolerable, untheatrical lives, Vilna Gaon, women's envy, zaddik
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