2 Quotes by Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Jews have been an ever-dying people that never died. They have experienced a continuous resurrection, like the dry bones that Ezekiel saw in the valley. This has become the sine qua non of every Jew. It is the mystery of the hidden miracle of survival in the face of overwhelming destruction. Our refusal to surrender has turned our story into one long, unending Purim tale.

Even if dogma has a purpose, it can never function as a substitute for faith, only as a dry aspect of it.