How to Use Judaism in a Sentence
Judaism
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The site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism.
— Tia Goldenberg and Isaac Scharf, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023 -
They’d been raised to care deeply about Judaism and Israel.
— Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Amichai Lau-Lavie wants to get inside the system of Judaism like a virus.
— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 June 2024 -
Jerusalem is mentioned more than 600 times in Judaism’s holy books but not once in the Koran.
— Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024 -
Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is considered the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
— Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 28 Aug. 2023 -
The soul of the country is now the battleground, and the outcome will decide not just the shape of Israel for many, many years to come, but also the shape of Judaism.
— Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024 -
The mosque is part of Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism where two biblical Temples once stood.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024 -
In the year 70, the Romans destroyed the second iteration of the Jerusalem Temple, which had anchored the faith of Judaism for hundreds of years.
— James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism which focuses on atonement, begins Oct. 11.
— Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024 -
But the movie still leaves me worried about the role of b’nai mitzvah in American Judaism — and its implications.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023 -
People staked out their own places at the Kotel—the holiest spot in Judaism—and prayed with unusual personal space.
— David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 -
Rabbinic Judaism does not regard the fetus as a full human being.
— Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024 -
What’s at stake instead is the idea of empathy, a central value in Edelman’s vision of Judaism.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 June 2023 -
Historic turning point There were tensions in Rabbinic Judaism from the outset.
— Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 15 June 2023 -
From this perspective, the message of the four children is that every Jew has a place within Judaism, even the rasha, with all the difficulties that entails.
— Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024 -
Name Matisyahu Best known for Blending reggae music and Judaism.
— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 8 Dec. 2023 -
As a result, children who once wore Star of David pendants were hiding visible displays of their Judaism, the complaint states.
— Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 -
Having a Jewish rom-com that is mainstream with so many people wanting to revisit their Judaism?
— Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024 -
The distinctive façades have become a worldwide symbol of Hasidic Judaism.
— Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024 -
Where the story lands is surprisingly poignant, cementing Ben and Carla’s faith in Judaism and each other.
— Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024 -
Herod’s father had likely been forced to convert to Judaism, as scholars believe many Idumeans were, while his mother was an Arabian princess.
— Aaron Gale, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023 -
But her Judaism has largely been unconsidered, and that makes this show important.
— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Pork is typically not allowed in both Judaism and Islam.
— Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 26 July 2024 -
Leaders of the Franklin Lakes temple, established in 1847 and now dedicated to Reform Judaism, say its congregation is the oldest in the state.
— NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023 -
As a freethinker who had run afoul of both Judaism and Christianity, Spinoza knew that bigotry and fanaticism weren’t just imposed on the people; they were also imposed by the people.
— Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 -
Purim is the only celebration in Judaism with an entire biblical book about its origins.
— Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024 -
The Jewish community’s president and his wife died in the quake, and the rest were evacuated – bringing to a close the continuous practice of Judaism here for nearly 2,500 years.
— Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Foster, who converted to Judaism after meeting her husband, responded to the backlash in the Los Angeles Times.
— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024 -
In the Season 1 finale, Joanne had a change of heart about converting to Judaism after hearing from Noah’s ex-girlfriend about the responsibility that comes with being a rabbi’s wife.
— Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024 -
While many in the Chabad movement are focused on Schneerson’s work to make Judaism more accessible, Bashevkin said a much smaller group tends to use disruptive tactics in an effort to expand the 770 building.
— Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
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