‬ ) ▁texts ▁instruct ▁ade pts ▁in ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁white ▁magic . ▁ ▁A ▁notion ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁in ▁need ▁of ▁human ▁be ings ▁has ▁been ▁prop ounded ▁by ▁Abraham ▁Josh ua ▁H esch el . ▁Because ▁God ▁is ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁people , ▁God ▁is ▁accessible ▁and ▁available ▁through ▁time ▁and ▁place ▁to ▁who ever ▁see ks ▁Him , ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁spiritual ▁intensity ▁for ▁the ▁individual ▁as ▁well . ▁This ▁access ibility ▁leads ▁to ▁a ▁God ▁who ▁is ▁present , ▁involved , ▁near , ▁int imate , ▁and ▁concerned ▁for ▁and ▁vulner able ▁to ▁what ▁happens ▁in ▁this ▁world . ▁ ▁Non - person al ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁dominant ▁stra in ▁in ▁J uda ism ▁is ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁personal , ▁modern ▁Jewish ▁think ers ▁claim ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁" altern ate ▁stream ▁of ▁tradition ▁exempl ified ▁by ▁... ▁Ma imon ides ", ▁who , ▁along ▁with ▁several ▁other ▁Jewish ▁philosoph ers , ▁rejected ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁personal ▁God . ▁ ▁Modern ▁Jewish ▁think ers ▁who ▁have ▁rejected ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁personal ▁God ▁have ▁sometimes ▁aff ir med ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁nature , ▁the ▁eth ical ▁ideal , ▁or ▁a ▁force ▁or ▁process ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Bar uch ▁Sp ino za ▁offers ▁a ▁p ant he ist ▁view ▁of ▁God . ▁In ▁his ▁thought , ▁God ▁is ▁everything ▁and ▁everything ▁is ▁God . ▁Thus , ▁there ▁can ▁be ▁conce ived ▁no ▁subst ance ▁but ▁God . ▁In ▁this ▁model , ▁one ▁can ▁speak ▁of ▁God