Most Jews, like most rational persons, know that their personal identity and their ethnic identity are not one and the same. David Novak ethnicidentityjew Change image and share on social
A fully positive relationship between Christians and Jews is one that would elide all differences. David Novak christiandifferenceelide Change image and share on social
The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. David Novak benedictcardinaljoseph Change image and share on social
The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of Israel for them. David Novak acceptancedoctrineentail Change image and share on social
Theological reflection takes place within history, but the history within which it takes place is an ongoing, open-ended process. David Novak endhistoryongoing Change image and share on social
It was in the early 1960s that my late revered teacher, Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, became the first major Jewish theologian in America to enter into dialogue with Christian theologians on a high theological level. David Novak 1960sabrahamamerica share on social
The most important part of the process of mourning is regularly reciting kaddish in a synagogue. Kaddish is a doxology, which Jewish tradition has mandated children to recite daily in a synagogue during the year of mourning for a deceased parent and then on the anniversary of his or her death thereafter. David Novak anniversarychilddaily share on social
Religious traditions are in a constant state of development and renewed self-understanding. David Novak constantdevelopmentreligious Change image and share on social
To view any individual as being independent of relationality is like viewing a point outside of a line, a line outside of a figure, a figure outside of a body. David Novak bodyfigureindependent Change image and share on social
When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it. David Novak centuryemergejew Change image and share on social