Jewish Thinkers Definitions

The Jew (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠still be proud to say, "I am a Jew," even in Smyrna, where a whip is carried to flog off the too officious specimens of his race—a fact to awaken admiration.

The Jew (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a predominant kindliness, deeply ingrained in the constitution of his race, that has outlasted the ages of persecution and oppression.

The Jew (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠steadfast in his separateness, and through that separateness Christianity was born.

The Jew (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠still a great function for his steadfastness: to cherish the store of inheritance which his national history has left him.

The Jew (n.) carries ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the heritage of Israel beating in his pulses; it lives in his veins as a power without understanding, the inborn half of memory.