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> [Although most Christian churches advocate some sort of mission to non-Christians, no Jewish group advocates a mission to non-Jews. Proselytization seems to be foreign to Judaism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/although-most-christian-churches-advocate-some-sort-of-mission-to-non/)

[David Novak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-novak/)

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## More by David Novak

> [A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/a-traditional-rabbi-is-the-man-to-whom-the-community-and-its-members/)

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> [Historically, Jews only accept converts rather than actively seeking them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/historically-jews-only-accept-converts-rather-than-actively-seeking/)

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> [As a traditional Jew, I have benefited personally from the hospitality of Chabad Hasidim on many occasions, and I marvel at how many Jews…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/as-a-traditional-jew-i-have-benefited-personally-from-the-hospitality/)

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> [Roots can live without branches, although truncated; branches cannot live without roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/roots-can-live-without-branches-although-truncated-branches-cannot/)

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> [In deciding among theological views, one should be something of a consequentialist: the choice of one theological position over another should be, if not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/in-deciding-among-theological-views-one-should-be-something-of-a/)

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> [At the political level, most Jews and most Catholics have accepted the liberal idea of religious freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/at-the-political-level-most-jews-and-most-catholics-have-accepted-the/)

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> [Jewish status is defined by the divine election of Israel and his descendants. One does not become a Jew by one's own volition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/jewish-status-is-defined-by-the-divine-election-of-israel-and-his/)

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> [Although most Christian churches advocate some sort of mission to non-Christians, no Jewish group advocates a mission to non-Jews. Proselytization seems to be foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/although-most-christian-churches-advocate-some-sort-of-mission-to-non/)

[David Novak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-novak/)

> [The community in which one hears the voice of God structures how one hears that voice and interprets what it says.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/the-community-in-which-one-hears-the-voice-of-god-structures-how-one/)

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> [Religious traditions are in a constant state of development and renewed self-understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/religious-traditions-are-in-a-constant-state-of-development-and/)

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> [In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/in-historical-messianism-the-reign-of-the-messiah-is-brought-about-by/)

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> [The Holocaust, taken by itself, is a black hole. To look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/the-holocaust-taken-by-itself-is-a-black-hole-to-look-at-it-directly/)

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> [In a very real sense, Jews have to believe that Christians have missed the point about how to wait for the end, and Christians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/in-a-very-real-sense-jews-have-to-believe-that-christians-have-missed/)

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> [The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/the-religious-doctrine-of-traditional-judaism-entails-the-acceptance/)

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> [The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/the-one-and-only-time-i-met-pope-benedict-xvi-was-when-he-was-joseph/)

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