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" Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic. "
Lionel Blue
Birth
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" My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely. "
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" To change, to convert? Why bother? "
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" I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version. "
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Infant
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Manifest
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" I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. "
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Society
Experience
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Still
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