Louis Finkelstein Quotes

"A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should. Every parent has that with children. God is merciful."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: God, People, Children, Despair)

"We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Faith, Judaism)

"It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Religion, Cause, Effort, Future, Judaism)

"It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Peace, War, Grave, May, Military, Preparation, Religious)

"In taking action we must remember that the things which are happening to the Jews today are but a part of the general disintegration anticipated by philosophers and historians of different schools for almost half a century."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Action, Historians, Schools, Today)

"I hope to devote all of my spare time, which ordinarily would go to research, my summers, and every ounce of strength I can muster to further the project."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Time, Hope, Strength, Project, Research)

"I feel very strongly that it is vital for us to constantly keep in mind the fact that the Jewish problem is but a phase of the world problem."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Fact, Mind, World)

"From the long range point of view, I do not know of anything we can do more important than to make some contribution to the preservation of religion as a vital force in America."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Religion, America, Force)

"For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties."
- Louis Finkelstein
(Related: Religion, America, Civil liberties, Destruction, Freedom, Religious, Training, Will)