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one’s Jewishness ... Free Jews believe in God as the hero of their central book
and of other classic works of Jewish literature ... Free Jews believe in the
Bible as a literary and historical anthology ... Free Jews believe in humanism
and democracy as essential to Judaism ... Free Jews believe in pluralism as
fundamental to Jewish identity and culture throughout its history ... Free
Jews believe in openness to other cultures ... Free Jews believe in holiday
celebrations as expressions of unique family and community values ... Free
Jews believe in the uniqueness of the Jews as a nation ... Free Jews believe
that Judaism is part of world culture ... Free Jews believe in Jewish edu-
cation as the vanguard of the socialization of all Jewish women and men, of
all ages.^11