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  • 51FAMILY, AMERICAN JEWISH — Introduction Any discussion of American Jewish family life as an institution must view it within the context of contemporary American social, economic, and political life. All contemporary American Jews are Jews by choice in that their… …

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  • 52FRANCE — (Heb. פְרַאנְצִיָּה and צָרְפַת), country in Western Europe. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: from the first settlements unil the revolution the roman and merovingian periods from the carolingians until the eve of the… …

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  • 53HERZOG, ISAAC — (1888–1959), rabbinic scholar; chief rabbi of Israel. Born in Lomza, Poland, Herzog was nine years old when his father R. Joel Herzog immigrated to Leeds, England, to be the rabbi there. Though Isaac never attended a yeshivah, he achieved the… …

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  • 54RESPONSES — the victims the world THE VICTIMS Behavior of the Victims In a chapter entitled Auschwitz: The Death of Choice in Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit, the Holocaust scholar lawrence langer writes: After we peel the veneer of… …

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  • 55UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 56Seven Laws of Noah — The rainbow is the modern symbol of the Noahide Movement, recalling the rainbow that appeared after the Great Flood of the Bible. The Seven Laws of Noah (Hebrew: שבע מצוות בני נח‎ Sheva mitzvot B nei Noach) form the major part of the Noachide… …

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  • 57Wedding — For other uses, see Wedding (disambiguation). Relationships …

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  • 58Muhammad Ali Jinnah — For other uses, see Jinnah (disambiguation). Father of the Nation Muhammad Ali Jinnah محمد علی جناح Governor General of Pakistan In office 15 August 1947 – 11 September 1948 Monarch Geo …

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  • 59Korban — Not to be confused with Eid al Adha, an Islamic festival which is known as Korban in some Asian cultures. Not to be confused with Karbon. Part of a series on …

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  • 60Civil allegiance — is the theory of duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State of which he is a citizen, as defined by Roman Catholicism. [CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03794b.htm|title=Civil Allegiance] The word allegiance is a… …

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