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Objecting to Conscientious Objection
According to at least one scholar, Jewish tradition does not recognize the right of personal conscientious objection.
The Gentle Heart in Israel Today
Extending a biblical exemption from military service to Israeli refuseniks.
Jews and “The Church”
Scholar Norman Roth questions whether the idea of the medieval Church makes sense as a category of analysis for Jewish history.
To What is God Similar?
Rabbinic parables explicitly compare God to a variety of human analogues, reflecting the rabbis' subtle, complex, and diverse images of God.