Humorous, serious, and thoughtful ideas / Israel Drazin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drazin, Israel, 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Anecdotes.

Jews.

Jewish wit and humor.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

xvi, 107 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Gefen Publishing House, [2024]

Summary:

"Dr. Drazin explains many surprising facts in this book. One is that Judeans was the name Jews had in ancient times because the people lived in the area of the tribe of Judah. The name evolved into the word Jew after 586 BCE. In 586 BCE, the Babylonians destroyed much of Judea and carried many inhabitants to Babylon. There, the Judeans encountered a culture far different from what they had known and what the Torah required. Like their descendants, they were influenced by what they saw, foolishly thought the masses around them had good ideas, and adopted many of them. The great rationalistic French Jewish thinker Rashbam paid attention to the wording of the biblical text and gave readers its actual meaning. In his commentary on Genesis 1:5, he explains that the Bible clearly shows that the day began in the morning, not in the evening. The verse states that God did creative acts during the day, followed by evening and morning, the end of the day. Jews initially followed the biblical timing. Most likely during the Babylonian exile in 586 BCE, the Judeans accepted the Babylonian practice of starting the day at sunset." -- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Intelligence and humor

Are we descendants of King David?

It isn't easy to work out the descent from David

Applying the population statistics to Spain

Applying the population statistics to Hitler

What assures success

Weather forecasting

The current calendar

The truth about the untrue 'since creation calendar'

Three and seven

The commercial company staff meeting

Plagiarism international

Reincarnation

Is reincarnation a fact, a lie, or a truth?

Beliefs

My list of three basic principles of Judaism

Two Torah messages often missed

The truth about facts and jokes

The truth is the truth, no matter what its source

Crowd jokes

The crowd instinct and power

Meat-eater jokes

Michael's trip to heaven

A possible solution to why there is evil

The history of shoes and clothing

Ethical behaviors concerning shoes

Rashi : marvelous but irrational

Unknown facts about the Bible

To whom do we pray?

What do we know about God?

Two surprising changes by Jews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100) and index.

ISBN:

9789657801741

9657801745

OCLC:

1455936893

Publisher Number:

90102767636