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To learn more on these topics, visit the Jewish Leadership Website: www.jewishisrael.org What is a Jew?
Jewish IdentityJewishness is not a belief, a feeling, a conviction or a lifestyle. It is a state of being. Jewish identity means that one connects to this state of being with pride. Jewish pride is not chauvinism or ego. It is the Jew’s essential connection to God. To be proud to be a Jew means to accept that God chose the Jewish People to take responsibility for bringing His light to the entire world. This innate feeling that it is good to be a Jew, hardships notwithstanding, is the splendor of Jewishness. It is the aura around every Jew and around the Jewish People. To learn more on these topics, visit the Jewish Leadership Website: www.jewishisrael.org |
