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51Jewish medical ethics — is a modern scholarly and clinical approach to medical ethics that draws upon Jewish thought and teachings. Pioneered by Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits in the 1950 s, Jewish medical ethics centers mainly around an applied ethics drawing upon… …
52JEWISH COUNCIL ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS — (JCPA; formerly, The National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council). The JCPA was formally established as the National Community Relations Advisory Council (NCRAC) in 1944 by the Council of Jewish Federations, with the object of… …
53JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — (JTS). JTS is the primary educational and religious center of conservative judaism and a leading institution for the academic study of Judaism. With its main campus in New York City, JTS is currently comprised of a rabbinical school, a cantorial… …
54Jewish American literature — holds an essential place in the literary history of the United States. It encompasses traditions of writing in English, primarily, as well as in other languages, the most important of which has been Yiddish. While critics and authors generally… …
55JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES OF CANADA (JIAS) — JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES OF CANADA (JIAS), one of the oldest chartered nonprofit settlement organizations in Canada. For over 80 years JIAS has been the voice of the Canadian Jewish community on issues of integration and resettlement in… …
56JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE — JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE, a Jewish communal agency linking the organized Jewish community and the Labor movement. Representatives from a number of trade unions and other organizations traditionally identified with the Jewish labor movement… …
57Jewish anarchism — is a general term encompassing various expressions of anarchism within the Jewish community. Secular Jewish Anarchism Many people of Jewish origin, such as Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Martin Buber, Murray Bookchin and Noam Chomsky, have… …
58Jewish history in Texas — Jewish Texans have been a part of the history of Texas since the first European explorers arrived in the region in the 1500s. [ [http://www.texasalmanac.com/culture/groups/jewish.html Texas Almanac: Jewish Texans] ] [… …
59Jewish Kalam — was an early medieval style of Jewish philosophy that evolved in response to the Islamic Kalam, which in turn was a reaction against Aristotelian philosophy. The term Jewish Kalam is used by modern historians, but is not a term by which Jewish… …
60JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (ICA) — JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION (ICA), philanthropic association to assist Jews in depressed economic circumstances or countries of persecution to emigrate and settle elsewhere in productive employment, founded by baron maurice de hirsch in 1891 …
