A Book of Jewish Thoughts
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A BOOK OF JEWISH THOUGHTS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED
THE CHIEF RABBI
( DR. J. H. HERTZ)
HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK
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A BOOK OF JEWISH THOUGHTS
PREFATORY NOTE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
YE ARE MY WITNESSES
I AM AN HEBREW
THE GOOD FIGHT
IN THE OLD GHETTO
THE JEWISH WOMAN
THE JEWISH MOTHER
YIDDISH CRADLE SONG
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
WHAT IS CULTURE?
ON THE THRESHOLD OF MANHOOD
A FATHER’S ADMONITION
WHAT MAKES A MAN A JEW?
‘I BELIEVE’
JUDAISM A POSITIVE RELIGION
THE MISSION OF ISRAEL
OUR HERITAGE
OUR FATHERS
THE OBLIGATIONS OF HEREDITY
ZEDAKAH—JUSTICE.
THE JEWISH POOR
AT ‘THE OLD PEOPLE’S REST’, JERUSALEM
THE DUTY OF SELF-RESPECT
THE JEW AS A PATRIOT
THE JEWISH SOLDIER
TO ENGLAND
THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS
THE MESSIANIC HOPE
THE VISION OF A UNITED HUMANITY
TRUST YE IN THE LORD FOR EVER
ISRAEL IMMORTAL
THE BOOK OF BOOKS
ISRAEL THE PEOPLE OF REVELATION
JEWISH LITERATURE
ISRAEL’S HISTORY NEVER-ENDING
THE MEANING OF JEWISH HISTORY
THE HALLOWING OF JEWISH HISTORY
ISRAEL’S MARTYRDOM
UNDER THE ROMAN EMPERORS
IN MEDIAEVAL ROME
THE SECOND CRUSADE
JEWISH SUFFERING
THE JEWS OF YORK (1190)
THE EXPULSION FROM SPAIN, 1492
A SONG OF REDEMPTION
SHYLOCK
ON THE EVE OF THE RE-SETTLEMENT IN ENGLAND
JEWISH EMANCIPATION
THE JEWISH QUESTION
BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
RUSSO-JEWISH EDUCATION
UNDER THE ROMANOFFS
THE TRAGEDY OF ASSIMILATION
THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES
PALESTINE
THE LAST CORPSES IN THE DESERT
ZIONISM
WORLD’S DEBT TO ISRAEL
ISRAEL AND HIS REVELATION
WHAT IS A JEW?
THE BIBLE AND DEMOCRACY
THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
REBECCA’S HYMN
THE BURIAL OF MOSES
ISRAEL’S PSALTER
THE PSALMS IN HUMAN LIFE
THE BOOK OF JONAH.
JOB
ECCLESIASTES
THE HUMANITY OF JEWISH WISDOM
THE JEWISH PRAYER BOOK
FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF THE JEWS
IGNORANCE OF JUDAISM
THEY ARE OUR ELDERS
THE JEW AS A CITIZEN
IN THE EAST END OF LONDON
JEWISH NATIONALISM
ISRAEL’S PRESERVATION
ON PRAYER AND PRAISE
ON MORNING SERVICE
MORNING PRAYERS
ADON OLAM AND MODERN SCIENCE
THE KADDISH
THE HOLINESS OF HOME
KINDLING THE SABBATH LIGHT
לְכָה דוֹדִי
SABBATH PRAYER
THE SABBATH
PRAYER BEFORE THE NEW MOON
PASSOVER AND FREEDOM
‘ADDIR HU’
A SELF-DENYING GUILD
אַקְדָמוּת
THE BIBLE
RELIGION AND MORALITY
SYMBOLS AND CEREMONIES
CUSTOM IN RELIGION
‘IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TIMES’
FAITH
THE ETERNAL CITY OF THE ETERNAL PEOPLE
WRITTEN AND SEALED
THE SHOFAR
MY KING
IF NOT HIGHER
THE MESSAGE OF YOM KIPPUR
THE INFINITE MERCIES OF GOD
BROTHERHOOD
LORD, THINE HUMBLE SERVANTS HEAR
PALMS AND MYRTLES
THE HARVEST FESTIVAL
JOYOUS SERVICE
SIMCHAS TORAH
THE MACCABEAN WARRIORS
THE FEAST OF LIGHTS
THE MENORAH
THE STORY OF THE MACCABEES
CHANUCAH HYMN
SERVANT OF GOD
HYMN OF GLORY
GOD, WHOM SHALL I COMPARE TO THEE!
GREAT IS TRUTH
THE RIGHT LIFE
THE GOODNESS OF GOD’S WORK
THE TWO NATURES IN MAN
FREEDOM OF THE WILL
THE WICKED SAITH IN HIS HEART
REPENTANCE OF THE WICKED
THE DUTY OF HOLINESS
THE CITY OF GOD
HUMILITY
THE DEDICATED LIFE
GOD AND MAN
GOLDEN RULES
DEEDS THE BEST COMMENDATION
THE MYSTERY OF PAIN
MEETING ADVERSITY
THE CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH
LIGHT IN DARKNESS
TIME AND ETERNITY
ALMIGHTY, WHAT IS MAN?
IMMORTALITY
ETERNAL HOPE
TRUE WISDOM
NOTES
INDEX OF AUTHORS AND SOURCES
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Footnotes.
Transcriber’s Note.
