JEWS (Modern)
(See also Holocaust [Nazi Era]; Israel [Modern]; Judaism; Synagogues)
anti-Semitism: g04 9/8 4-5
Christendom: g93 8/8 13
Christian Scriptures not guilty of: g93 8/8 11-13
Jehovah’s Witnesses not guilty of: g99 9/8 30
tract Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (1903): w01 8/1 3
Ashkenazim: it-1 192
attitude of Catholic Church toward: w86 9/15 26
attitude toward—
Bible: rs 22-23
Sabbath: rs 23
tradition: rs 23
attitude toward Jesus: rs 23
historian J. Klausner: wi 28
Rabbi H. G. Enelow: wi 24-25
Bar Mitzvah: sh 231
beliefs:
immortality of the soul: w00 6/1 5-6; rs 377
merit of Abraham: rs 211
prophecy of 70 weeks (Da 9:24-27): wi 26
still God’s chosen people: rs 220
circumcision: sh 231
custom of not eating sinew of thigh nerve (Ge 32:32): it-2 973
discussion: rs 220-225
experiences:
accepts truth in Nazi concentration camp: bt 53, 55; w93 12/15 15-16
applying truth helps survive Nazi concentration camp: w95 6/15 5-7
appreciates Witnesses: g91 11/8 30
approaches literature stand: yb16 24
change of attitude: w89 6/1 24
commend Witnesses in concentration camps: w99 9/15 5; g98 10/22 6-7
divine name leads to accepting truth: w18.11 6
family killed in Nazi concentration camps: lff lesson 59
harmony between Witness Jews and Arabs reveals truth: w94 1/15 6
hellfire doctrine: w01 7/15 32
immediately accepts study: yb94 42-43
interested Jew hosted by Arab family: w97 8/1 16
Israelis accept truth: w89 7/15 28-29
lawyer: g 8/10 10-11
life story of special-forces officer: g94 9/8 16-20
prejudice against Arabs overcome: ijwcl article 22; g20.3 16
Witnesses of Jewish descent during Nazi era: yb02 143; g01 12/22 19-23; w98 6/1 28-31; yb96 91-93
woman reexamines faith: g 5/13 10-11
Hanukkah: ijwfq article 59; w98 11/15 23; g90 12/8 11-13; g89 5/22 20
Holocaust (Nazi era): g89 4/8 2-8
Catholic clergy silent: g87 11/22 13-14
Christendom’s responsibility: g94 3/8 29; g91 6/22 3-4
Holocaust Museum (Washington, D.C.): g93 5/8 31; g93 11/8 16-19
identification: g04 6/22 30
Jewess beatified as Catholic martyr (1987): g87 11/22 13
Kristallnacht: g90 9/8 18
not against Jews only: g87 11/22 14
open letter to Pope John Paul II (1987): g87 11/22 14
rationale: g04 9/8 4-5
“Spa Terezín” (Czechoslovakia): g 3/12 19-20
survivors praise Witnesses: w11 4/15 21; g95 8/22 11
Vatican’s awareness of: g89 3/8 29
why God permitted: wi 16-17
mezuzah on doorposts: it-1 645; it-2 390; sh 231
not to supply entire 144,000: re 116-119
number: sh 205
Passover (Seder): w90 2/15 10-11; sh 230-231
date: w90 2/15 14
phylactery: sh 233
Pope John Paul II visits synagogue: g91 6/22 3; w86 9/15 26
Prague (Czech Republic): g03 11/8 23-24
return to Palestine: re 118
controversy over who is a Jew: g89 3/8 29-30
restoration prophecies do not apply: re 118-119; rs 223-224
Russell’s efforts to reach: jv 141
Friend (Maxwell) sent to Austria-Hungary: yb89 70
Vienna lecture (1911): yb89 68-70
Sabbath traditions:
technological safeguards: g95 8/8 28-29
salvation: rs 222-223
still awaiting a Messiah: g89 5/22 22
whether all will become Christians: w08 6/15 28
whether breach with Christians can be healed: g91 6/22 3-8
whether God’s chosen people: g90 7/8 12-13; rs 220-223
why listen to Jehovah’s Witnesses: g91 6/22 7-8
witnessing to: km 10/99 8; km 2/98 5-6; w91 9/1 26-27; rs 22-23
brochure How Can You Have a Happy Life?: hl sections 1-20
brochure Will There Ever Be a World Without War?: km 10/99 8; wi 2-31; km 12/92 7
tract A Peaceful New World—Will It Come? (Tract No. 17): km 4/93 8
tract Jehovah’s Witnesses—What Do They Believe? (Tract No. 18): km 12/92 7
yarmulke: sh 231