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Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin Index More information Index Aaron, , , –, , Alfasi, Isaac, , Aaron of Lincoln, – aliyah, , –, , , –, Abbasid caliphate/Abbasids, , , , (see also Israel, State of, immigration to; , olim) Abigail, Allah, , abortion, allegorical interpretation/allegory, –, , Abraham, –, , , –, , , Abraham Ibn Daud, , Allen, Woody, Abulafia, Abraham, , –, n, Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU), (see also messianism) Allies/Allied powers, , , , abuse, domestic, , Almohads, , Abzug, Bella, Almoravids, acculturation, , , , , , altars, ancient, , , –, , Europe, , , , American Jewish Committee, , Hellenistic culture, American Jewish Congress, Muslim Empire, American Jewish Historical Society, United States, , , , Americanization, , , , , Acts (book of), , , amidah, , –, , , , Adam, , , , (see also ha-tefillah) African Americans, Jewish relations Amora/Amoraim, , , , –, with, , amoraic literature, –, , –, afterlife, , , , , –, (see also resurrection; soul, immortality of) Amos (book of), , , , aggadah, , , , , Amram Gaon, , aggadic midrashim, , , Anan ben David, – agriculture, , , , angels, , –, , , , biblical, , , biblical, , , , , – Jewish laws regarding, , , , , anthropomorphism, , –, , , in the State of Israel, , , , , , , – Antiochus IV Epiphanes, – Agudas Yisroel Party, antisemitism, , , , –, Agudat Israel of America, , , agunah,n, Christian, Ahab, , , first use of term, A⅛ad Ha-Am, as impetus for Zionism, Akedah, see Isaac, binding of in politics, , , –, Akiva, , , , – apocalyptic literature, , –, , – al-Andalus, , , apocalypticism, , –, , – Aleichem, Sholem, Apocrypha, , , (see also Bible, Christian; Alexander Jannaeus, , m canon) Alexander the Great, –, , , Arabic language, , – Alexandria, Egypt, , , , –, , Arab–Israeli conflict, basis of, – © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68974-8 - The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Edited by Judith R. 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Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin Index More information index Bund, –, –, , Cohen, Hermann, –, , , –, burial, , , , –, – Cold War, , , , Caananite religion, , , , , colonialism, , , – Cairo Genizah, , , , , comedy, Jewish, , – calendar, commitment ceremonies, , biblical, –, , (see also marriage) Christian, Communism, , –, –, – Jewish, , , , , , community, Jewish, , , Camp David, , –, , concentration camps, , –, , canon, –, , , , , (see also Holocaust; Nazi regime; World (see also Apocrypha; Bible; Hebrew Bible) War II) canonization, , , – Conservative Judaism, –, , , cantors, , , , –, , capitalism, , , , , – origin of, –, – Cardozo, Abraham Miguel, conversion, –, , , Carter, Jimmy, forced, –, , –, –, Catherine the Great, , , celebrities, Jewish, to Islam, –, –, Central Conference of American Rabbis to Judaism, , , , – (CCAR), , , , from Judaism to Christianity, –, , Centrist Orthodoxy, , , , , –, , (see also Modern Orthodoxy) for marriage, , –, – Chabad ⅓asidism, , , See also conversos; intermarriage; Marranos; Chamberlain, Houston Stewart, New Christians Chelmno, –, conversos, , , , , , Chief Rabbi/Rabbinate, , , , , (see also conversion; Marranos; New childbirth, , , , Christians) children of Israel, , – converts, potential, biblical, , , , , Copland, Aaron, choir, –, Cordovero, Moses, Chosen People, , , , , Costa, Uriel da, Christianity Council of the League of Nations, early, , , , , covenant, , –, , , –, relation to Judaism, , –, –, Abraham, with God, –, , Christianization, , , Israel, with God, , , –, , Chronicles (books of), , , , , –, circumcision, , , , , , , See also berit; circumcision; Sabbath symbolism of, , , , , (see also creation, , , –, berit milah; covenant) biblical, , , , , civil marriage, , , , ex nihilo, , civil rights, , , , , , in mysticism, , – Civil War, American, –, in philosophy, , , , , Civil War, Russian, women and, , class system, , , –, , Critique of Pure Reason, Islamic, , , , Crusade, First, , , , , rabbinic, –, , , , – Crusade, Second, , See also gender Crusade, Third, , Classical Reform, (see also Reform Judaism) Crusades, , , , Clinton, Bill, , crypto-Jews, , , , clothing, Jewish, –, , , –, Cyrus, – , in Europe, , , , Dan, tribe of, priestly, , – Daniel (book of), , , , See also head coverings; kippah; tzitzit; dating of, , yarmulke genre of, , , clothing industry, Jewish participation language of, , in, , Daniel al-Kumisi, – © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68974-8 - The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Edited by Judith R. 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