Jump in the Sea, for Crying Out Loud!
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Brian Heilman 1.30.2003 Jump in the Sea, for Crying Out Loud! If I were to sit at my computer for the next three hours and think of a thousand great ideas about Judaism, but never type anything, I would fail this assignment. Even though I may have put more effort into internalizing the information in What Is A Jew? than many of my classmates, I wouldn't have anything to show for it. If, however, I take time to understand the information in our reading, and then do something with that information (in this case, write a short paper), my efforts will be worthwhile. I will have produced something of value, and it may even get me a good grade. People in the world's religious communities have a similar choice presented to them; they can spend all their time thinking about their faith, or they can actually do something on its behalf. In my...

