A variant interpretation of the three oaths has the third oath being that God would not allow the non-Jewish world to "excessively" persecute the Jews.

These adherents held that acceptance by the non-Jewish world necessitated the reformation of Jews themselves, and the modification of those practices deemed inconsistent with this goal.

For example, a youngster could become so frightened, he might question whether he wanted to be identified as a Jew and might become fearful about the non-Jewish world around him.

I have been conscious all my life of being a sharer in and a lover of the non-Jewish British world, but my Jewishness is deep i n me.

Mr. Daum fears his children have turned their backs on the non-Jewish world, regarding all Gentiles with suspicion bordering on hate.

He was the preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher whose ideas also influenced the non-Jewish world.

"Reform is a bridge for Jews to take to assimilation" into the non-Jewish world, Rabbi Porush said, his voice filled with scorn.

Asch is a Polish author who wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish and achieved a certain popularity in the non-Jewish literary world thanks to translations of his novels, stories and plays.

It relates the tale of a young Venetian Jew from a traditional family attracted by the external non-Jewish world.

"The Jewish participation in the non-Jewish world was so overwhelming through the years, it's only right that they should come to find out about us."