Arthur Hertzberg Quotes

Arthur Hertzberg — Polish Theologian born on June 09, 1921, died on April 17, 2006

Arthur Hertzberg was a Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist... (wikipedia)

I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that.

A large part of the problem, is that young people are being born into the world and growing up without much hope. And so, they become murderers, they become suicide bombers.

Jewish fundamentalism is teaching that Jews can fight with guns and with civil war, against being relocated off the West Bank, and disobey the orders of their government. That is the call to jihad, to several kinds of jihad.

The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense!

How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt.

Arthur Hertzberg Quotes

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