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Judaism
used in The Devils Arithmetic

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Definition
the oldest of the three major monotheistic religions —  having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
  • All Jewish holidays are about remembering, Mama.
    Chapter 1 (24% in)
  • Jews don't become nuns.
    Chapter 2 (68% in)
  • 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.
    Chapter 3 (86% in)
  • "So—it may happen in Lublin that a Jewish girl marries for love," said Shifre.
    Chapter 7 (75% in)
  • The idea of a Jewish jester so tickled her, she began to laugh out loud.
    Chapter 7 (99% in)
  • They do not know from the Jewish calendar in Lublin?
    Chapter 8 (84% in)
  • They killed—kill— will kill Jews.
    Chapter 8 (90% in)
  • There are not six million Jews in all of Poland, rny child.
    Chapter 8 (92% in)
  • They say all Jews are being resettled.
    Chapter 9 (9% in)
  • This war in which we Jews take no part.
    Chapter 9 (48% in)
  • About the brutal Nazis and the six million dead Jews.
    Chapter 9 (95% in)
  • Now, Jews, listen.
    Chapter 10 (16% in)
  • "Now," the officer said, smiling down at them and showing his rotten teeth, "now, Jews, you are ready for resettlement."
    Chapter 10 (33% in)
  • Why resettle Russian Jews?
    Chapter 10 (62% in)
  • We Jews like to joke about death because what you laugh at and make familiar can no longer frighten you.
    Chapter 10 (88% in)
  • Choose, Jews.
    Chapter 12 (20% in)
  • "I hear nothing important from Jews," the soldier said.
    Chapter 12 (80% in)
  • Hungry Jews are dead Jews.
    Chapter 13 (13% in)
  • Hungry Jews are dead Jews.
    Chapter 13 (13% in)
  • Dead Jews do not work.
    Chapter 13 (14% in)
  • Greek Jews disappear quickly.
    Chapter 14 (29% in)
  • That may be camp talk out there, but in here, we say the prayer for the dead properly, like good Jews.
    Chapter 15 (97% in)
  • "You Jews," the blokova's voice drawled sleepily, "you can never do anything quietly or efficiently.
    Chapter 17 (82% in)
  • They are part of the Final Solution to the Jewish Problem.
    Chapter 18 (14% in)
  • Now—six million Jews will die in camps like this.
    Chapter 18 (58% in)
  • There are not six million Jews in the whole world.
    Chapter 18 (60% in)
  • "Six million," Hannah said, "but that's not all the Jews there are.
    Chapter 18 (61% in)
  • In the end, in the future, there will be Jews still.
    Chapter 18 (61% in)
  • And there will be Israel, a Jewish state, where there will be a Jewish president and a Jewish senate.
    Chapter 18 (62% in)
  • And there will be Israel, a Jewish state, where there will be a Jewish president and a Jewish senate.
    Chapter 18 (62% in)
  • And there will be Israel, a Jewish state, where there will be a Jewish president and a Jewish senate.
    Chapter 18 (62% in)
  • And in America, Jewish movie stars.
    Chapter 18 (62% in)
  • The Jews.
    Chapter 18 (71% in)
  • I was told that we need three more Jews to make up a full load.
    Chapter 18 (75% in)
  • And where one day, I bet, a Jewish girl will be president if she wants to be.
    Chapter 18 (99% in)
  • 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.
    Chapter 19 (63% in)

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