All 36 Uses of
Judaism
in
The Devil's Arithmetic
- All Jewish holidays are about remembering, Mama.†
Chpt 1 *Jewish = of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions) or it's culture
- Jews don't become nuns.†
Chpt 2Jews = people who believe in or identify with the culture of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions)
- Remember, Hannahleh, we open our door to remind ourselves of the time Jews were forced to keep their doors open to show the Christians we were not practicing blood rituals.†
Chpt 3
- "So—it may happen in Lublin that a Jewish girl marries for love," said Shifre.†
Chpt 7Jewish = of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions) or it's culture
- The idea of a Jewish jester so tickled her, she began to laugh out loud.†
Chpt 7
- They do not know from the Jewish calendar in Lublin?†
Chpt 8
- They killed—kill— will kill Jews.†
Chpt 8Jews = people who believe in or identify with the culture of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions)
- There are not six million Jews in all of Poland, rny child.†
Chpt 8
- They say all Jews are being resettled.†
Chpt 9
- This war in which we Jews take no part.†
Chpt 9
- About the brutal Nazis and the six million dead Jews.†
Chpt 9
- Now, Jews, listen.†
Chpt 10
- "Now," the officer said, smiling down at them and showing his rotten teeth, "now, Jews, you are ready for resettlement."†
Chpt 10
- Why resettle Russian Jews?†
Chpt 10
- We Jews like to joke about death because what you laugh at and make familiar can no longer frighten you.†
Chpt 10
- Choose, Jews.†
Chpt 12
- "I hear nothing important from Jews," the soldier said.†
Chpt 12
- Hungry Jews are dead Jews.†
Chpt 13
- Hungry Jews are dead Jews.†
Chpt 13
- Dead Jews do not work.†
Chpt 13
- Greek Jews disappear quickly.†
Chpt 14
- That may be camp talk out there, but in here, we say the prayer for the dead properly, like good Jews.†
Chpt 15
- "You Jews," the blokova's voice drawled sleepily, "you can never do anything quietly or efficiently.†
Chpt 17
- They are part of the Final Solution to the Jewish Problem.†
Chpt 18Jewish = of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions) or it's culture
- Now—six million Jews will die in camps like this.†
Chpt 18Jews = people who believe in or identify with the culture of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions)
- There are not six million Jews in the whole world.†
Chpt 18
- "Six million," Hannah said, "but that's not all the Jews there are.†
Chpt 18
- In the end, in the future, there will be Jews still.†
Chpt 18
- And there will be Israel, a Jewish state, where there will be a Jewish president and a Jewish senate.†
Chpt 18Jewish = of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions) or it's culture
- And there will be Israel, a Jewish state, where there will be a Jewish president and a Jewish senate.†
Chpt 18
- And there will be Israel, a Jewish state, where there will be a Jewish president and a Jewish senate.†
Chpt 18
- And in America, Jewish movie stars.†
Chpt 18
- The Jews.†
Chpt 18Jews = people who believe in or identify with the culture of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions)
- I was told that we need three more Jews to make up a full load.†
Chpt 18
- And where one day, I bet, a Jewish girl will be president if she wants to be.†
Chpt 18Jewish = of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions) or it's culture
- Your brother was a Kommando, one of the Jews forced to tend the ovens, to handle the dead, so he thought he was a O. She looked up at Eva, who was staring at her.†
Chpt 19Jews = people who believe in or identify with the culture of Judaism (the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions)
Definition:
the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions -- having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
The Christian Old Testament closely corresponds to the Hebrew (Jewish) Bible.