JUDAISM

(See also Jews; Pharisees; Scribes; Talmud; Zionism)

American Jewry is in a desperate state of crisis (quote): w80 10/15 22

attitude of Christendom’s churches toward: w83 5/15 15

attitude toward—

Bible: g77 6/22 29-30

evolution theory: g74 7/8 22-23

excommunication: w83 6/15 26

homosexuality: w74 135; w74 483

Jesus Christ: w78 5/15 20-21; w66 534-537; g64 1/22 30

millennial hope: w81 4/15 4-8

mixed marriages: g74 5/22 29-30; g71 8/22 30

war: g72 4/22 6, 15; g68 10/22 30-31

Bar Mitzvah: w78 10/15 31

beliefs: w78 7/15 31; g76 4/8 21-22; w73 213-215; w68 5; w66 532-533; g65 2/22 30; g64 1/22 27; w61 581; g61 4/22 8; w60 206-209; w57 6; g56 8/8 21-23; nh 140; g53 6/8 25; g52 11/8 16; g51 4/22 10-11; g48 4/22 22-23; w46 327; ep 79-84; g46 9/22 19-20; ta 349

God’s name in writing not to be erased: g85 3/8 30

immortality of the soul: w81 4/15 4, 6-8; g81 6/22 18-19

Judaism gradually absorbed Greek concepts (quote): w81 4/15 7

regarding Messiah: g83 3/22 3-11; w78 5/15 19-22; g76 4/8 25-26; g73 9/8 27-28; g71 12/8 7-9; w66 101; w64 454, 456, 575; g63 5/8 5-6; g63 7/8 28; g63 9/22 27; w60 207; w59 357; w57 677-680; w56 327-328; w54 400; w31 254

resurrection: g76 9/22 26

computer for finding answers in rabbinical literature: g78 1/8 31

decline in membership: g80 2/22 19; g74 8/8 29-30; g65 2/22 30

decline in number of synagogues: g74 5/8 30

destruction: sl 240-241

development: w66 530-533; bf 478; w60 206-210; w59 305; nh 139-140; ep 85; g46 9/22 19-20; w43 264

discussion: ad 975-976

divisions: g74 5/8 30; g72 2/22 30; g70 5/22 27; w66 532-533; w61 762-763

Essenes no link between Judaism and Christianity: w78 3/1 32

experiences:

cantor becomes Witness: g71 11/8 12-15

former believers become Witnesses: g81 6/22 16-20; g76 5/22 23; w71 574-575; g71 1/8 24; g71 11/8 12-15; yb70 219-220; yb67 79-80; w64 340; yb61 119, 199-200

failure: w71 740

failure to accept the Messiah: w83 8/15 15-16, 19; w78 5/15 20-21

Hasidim:

conflict between factions of: g77 7/22 29-30

temple vandalized by: g80 4/22 31

Witnesses mobbed by: w77 471

Judaizers in first century: w81 1/15 27

licenseless marriage ceremonies: w81 9/1 28

membership: g63 2/22 30; g62 1/8 29

money raising: w82 11/15 26; w74 524; g74 11/8 12-13; g71 7/22 29-30

lawsuits for nonpayment of synagogue dues: w77 359

music: g73 1/8 29; ad 1191-1193; w70 220-221

myths: w76 211-212

part of Babylon the Great: sl 238; w66 531-532; bf 499-500

Plato’s influence on: w80 2/1 9-10

prayer book: g78 1/8 31

rabbi-laity distinction: w62 93

rabbis: w83 4/15 28; w83 6/15 26; g72 8/22 30; g72 9/8 30; ad 1366; g71 1/8 24; g71 8/22 30; g71 11/8 12-15; w68 464; g66 11/22 31; w64 340; bf 478; g62 4/22 30; w61 762, 764; w56 292; g55 12/22 4; g49 4/22 19; ep 77; g40 10/30 11

opposition to Witnesses: yb80 239-240, 249

Soviet Union: g73 4/8 15

Star of David: g68 11/8 12

superstition regarding divine name: na 22; w83 3/15 5-6; w80 2/1 9-10; w78 3/15 24; w78 5/1 4-5

synagogues: g73 1/8 29; w66 530; im 286-287; g64 4/22 6; g64 11/8 22; w61 412-415, 538, 689-690, 761-764; g61 6/8 30; w60 595-598; w59 653-655; g57 11/8 26; w52 72; w43 184

attendance: g79 1/8 30; w74 15

gambling: g79 1/8 30; g78 3/8 30; g74 11/8 12-13

money raising: w82 11/15 26

theft of Torahs from: g84 6/8 30

Talmud: g64 1/22 27; g64 4/22 8; g61 4/22 7

on computer: g85 3/8 30

traditions: w78 4/1 30-31; w78 7/1 5; w72 560-561; ad 1610; w66 682; g65 2/22 6; g64 4/22 8

United Nations: g62 10/8 19

view of a rabbi as to why God allows evil and suffering: w83 4/15 28