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Resurrection: The Triumph of Life in Judaism

JL;DR SUMMARY Irving Greenberg explores the often-overlooked Jewish doctrine of resurrection of the dead, contrasting it with more commonly discussed concepts like the world to come. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustPrayerResurrectionJewish DenominationsTikkun OlamFaithBeliefAfterlifeTechiyyat Ha Metim

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"In 1961, I went to Israel on a Fulbright Fellowship to teach American history at Tel Aviv University."
Jerusalem, Israel
"And yet the fact that I was experiencing this crisis in a Jerusalem that was being rebuilt, in a burgeoning new Jewish state, showed me that the continuing relationship between God and the Jewish people still lived."
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