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How Jews Invented Heaven

Most people think that heaven is a Christian idea. But in an excerpt from her new book, Lisa Miller shows that way before Jesus it was Jews who first came up with the idea.

Do Jews believe in heaven? I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve been asked this question. Modern people—and especially Jews raised in the Reform tradition—are flummoxed by the notion of heaven, and the rabbis are less than helpful.

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