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A BOOK OF JEWISH THOUGHTS
JEWISH THOUGHTS
THE SACRED MEMORY
OF THE
SONS OF ISRAEL
WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914‒1918
PREFATORY NOTE
T HIS Book of Jewish Thoughts brings the message of Judaism together with memories of Jewish martyrdom and spiritual achievement throughout the ages. Its first part, ‘I am an Hebrew’, covers the more important aspects of the life and consciousness of the Jew. The second, ‘The People of the Book’, deals with Israel’s religious contribution to mankind, and touches upon some epochal events in Israel’s story. In the third, ‘The Testimony of the Nations’, will be found some striking tributes to Jews and Judaism from non-Jewish sources. The fourth part, ‘The Voice of Prayer’, surveys the Sacred Occasions of the Jewish Year, and takes note of their echoes in the Litu