▁and ▁nature ▁inter change ably . ▁Although ▁Sp ino za ▁was ▁ex communic ated ▁from ▁the ▁Jewish ▁community ▁of ▁Amsterdam , ▁Sp ino za ' s ▁concept ▁of ▁God ▁was ▁rev ived ▁by ▁later ▁Jews , ▁especially ▁Isra eli ▁sec ular ▁Z ion ists . ▁ ▁Hermann ▁C ohen ▁rejected ▁Sp ino za ' s ▁idea ▁that ▁God ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁nature , ▁but ▁agreed ▁that ▁God ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁personal ▁being . ▁R ather , ▁he ▁saw ▁God ▁as ▁an ▁ideal , ▁an ▁arch et ype ▁of ▁mor ality . ▁Not ▁only ▁can ▁God ▁not ▁be ▁identified ▁with ▁nature , ▁but ▁God ▁is ▁also ▁in com par able ▁to ▁anything ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁This ▁is ▁because ▁God ▁is ▁“ One ,” ▁unique ▁and ▁unlike ▁anything ▁else . ▁One ▁lov es ▁and ▁wor ships ▁God ▁through ▁living ▁eth ically ▁and ▁obey ing ▁His ▁moral ▁law : ▁“ lo ve ▁of ▁God ▁is ▁love ▁of ▁mor ality .” ▁ ▁Similarly , ▁for ▁Em manuel ▁Le vin as , ▁God ▁is ▁eth ics , ▁so ▁one ▁is ▁brought ▁closer ▁to ▁God ▁when ▁justice ▁is ▁rendered ▁to ▁the ▁Other . ▁This ▁means ▁that ▁one ▁experiences ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁God ▁through ▁one ' s ▁relation ▁to ▁other ▁people . ▁To ▁know ▁God ▁is ▁to ▁know ▁what ▁must ▁be ▁done , ▁so ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁make ▁sense ▁to ▁speak ▁of ▁God ▁as ▁what ▁God ▁is , ▁but ▁rather ▁what ▁God ▁commands . ▁ ▁For ▁Mor de ca i ▁Kap lan , ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁Re const