Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia - Judaism
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Judaism: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Judaism
Judaism Religion based on the belief that all people have a right to justice, purity, and truth which even the power of the king cann...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Judaism And Other Religions
Judaism - Christianity and Judaism. Main article: Judaism and Christianity See also: Judeo-Christian, Christianity and anti-Sem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Judaism: Encyclopedia - Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism, is a modern denomination of Judaism that arose in United States in the early 1900s. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia - Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the stream of Judaism which adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karaite Judaism: Encyclopedia - Karaite Judaism
Karaite Judaism is a Jewish denomination characterized by reliance on the Tanakh as the sole scripture, and rejection of the Oral Law (th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reconstructionist Judaism: Encyclopedia - Reconstructionist Judaism
Reconstructionist Judaism is a movement of Judaism with a relatively liberal set of beliefs: an individual's personal autonomy should ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberal Judaism: Encyclopedia - Liberal Judaism
Liberal Judaism is a term used by some communities worldwide for what is otherwise also known as Reform Judaism or Progressive Judaism. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism can refer to (1) the largest denomination of Judaism in America and its sibling movements in other countries, (2) a branch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ablution In Judaism: Encyclopedia - Ablution In Judaism
Ablution in Judaism. This article refers to ceremonies of ritual purity performed by religious Jews. The origins for these rituals and cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam And Judaism: Encyclopedia - Islam And Judaism
The historical interaction of Islam and Judaism began in the 7th century with the spread of Islam in the Arabian peninsula. Because both ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism
Conversion to Judaism (Hebrew גיור, giur, "conversion") is the religious conversion of a previously non-Jewish person to the Jewish r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism
Messianic Judaism is any of a group of loosely related religious movements, all claiming a connection with Judaism, and all of which cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-judaism: Encyclopedia - Anti-judaism
Anti-Judaism is opposition to the Jewish religion (Judaism) and those who practice it. This oppositon may be of varying degrees of intens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hasidic Judaism: Encyclopedia - Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning "pious", from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning "loving kindnes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Judaism: Encyclopedia - University Of Judaism
The University of Judaism, informally known as the UJ, is a university with undergraduate, graduate, rabbinic, cantorial, and continuing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism: Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism
Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; people who practice crypto-Judaism ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism
Haredi or Charedi Judaism, often also called ultra-Orthodox Judaism, is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia - Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox, also known as Modern Orthodoxy and sometimes abbreviated as "MO") is a movement within Ortho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Union For Traditional Judaism: Encyclopedia - Union For Traditional Judaism
The Union for Traditional Judaism is a non-denominational Jewish communal services organization. It was founded by traditionalists within...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity
The article Judaism and Christianity compares and contrasts two closely related Abrahamic religions that are in some ways parallel to eac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Judaism: Encyclopedia - Alternative Judaism
Alternative Judaism refers to some groups of people who, while identifying as Jews in some fashion, nevertheless do not view themselves a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Role Of Women In Judaism: Encyclopedia - Role Of Women In Judaism
The role of women in Judaism is determined by the Hebrew Bible, Talmud (oral law), tradition and by non-religious cultural factors. The B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Judaism Book: Encyclopedia - Ancient Judaism Book
Ancient Judaism, also known as Ancient Palestine: Society and Religion, is a book written by Maximilian Weber, a German economist and soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Torah Judaism: Encyclopedia - United Torah Judaism
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporal Punishment Judaism: Encyclopedia - Corporal Punishment Judaism
The Torah describes certain forms of corporal punishment for certain sins and crimes. Corporal punishment Judaism - Types. The four type...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Union For Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia - Union For Reform Judaism
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), is an organization which support...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Judaism: Social Studies Dictionary - Judaism
Definition and meaning of Judaism   Judaism - [World History] Judaism is a religion and philosophy with belief in one god (mon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Judaism: Social Studies Dictionary - Judaism
Definition and meaning of Judaism   Judaism - [World History] Judaism is a religion and philosophy with belief in one god (mon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Judaism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Judaism
Judaism World religion founded approximately 1500 BC by the prophet Moses (Thothmoses - prince and high-priest of Egypt)   The f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Judaism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Judaism
Judaism World religion founded approximately 1500 BC by the prophet Moses (Thothmoses - prince and high-priest of Egypt)   The f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Judaism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Judaism
Judaism World religion founded approximately 1500 BC by the prophet Moses (Thothmoses - prince and high-priest of Egypt)   The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Judaism - Reform Judaism
The Reform Judaism movement, the largest branch of Judaism in North America, has rejected the traditional view in all matters of Jewish L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Judaism - Orthodox Judaism
Sexual intercourse between two men is forbidden by the Torah, as stated above, and was a capital offense in Biblical times. The Torah pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reform Judaism - Reform Judaism In Britain
Reform Judaism - History. In 1836 several members of the Synagogue of Bevis Marks in London requested the introduction of such alterati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Judaism - Conservative/masorti Judaism
In Conservative Judaism, the scholars on the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) make decisions concerning Jewish law. In 1992 t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reform Judaism - Progressive Judaism In Israel
Reform Judaism - History. Some of the earliest Reform rabbis to settle in Israel included Rabbi Judah Leon Magnes, who was the first Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Judaism - Beliefs
For much of the movement's history, Conservative Judaism avoided publishing systematic explications of the Jewish principles of faith. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberal Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberal Judaism - Liberal Judaism In The Uk
As well as the general sense above, the term 'Liberal Judaism' has a particular significance in the UK. For historical reasons in the UK,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Judaism - History
Like Reform Judaism, the Conservative movement developed in Europe and the United States in the 1800s, as Jews reacted to the changes bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Orthodox Judaism - Subgroups
Orthodox Judaism's central belief is that the Torah, including both the Written Law and the Oral Law, was given directly from God to Mose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reform Judaism - 19th Century German Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism - Origins. In response to Haskalah and Jewish emancipation, elements within German Jewry sought to reform Jewish belief ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Orthodox Judaism - Beliefs
Orthodox Judaism is composed of different groups with intertwining beliefs, practices and theologies, and in their broad patterns, the Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reconstructionist Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reconstructionist Judaism - Theology
Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan held that in light of the advances in philosophy, science and history, it would be impossible for modern Jews to co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reform Judaism - Development Of American Reform Judaism
Arrested in Germany, the Reform movement was carried forward in the United States. The German immigrants from 1840 to 1850 happened to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Comparison Between Mormonism And Judaism
Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God. Although monotheism is a fundamental tenet of Judaism, the Jewish religion arose and was codifie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-judaism - Christian Anti-judaism
Christian anti-Judaism is a Christian theological position denigrating Jewish belief and practice. It emerged out of the schism between e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hasidic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hasidic Judaism - History
Hasidic Judaism - Prelude. In Poland, where the bulk of Jewry had established itself since the sixteenth century, the struggle between ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanistic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanistic Judaism - Origins
Secular, humanistic Jews have existed for many centuries, the first one known perhaps being Elisha ben Abuyah, about 1900 years ago. Secu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - History
Haredi Judaism - Modern origins. For several centuries before the Emancipation of European Jewry, most of Europe's Jews were forced to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Love
Love is a central value in both Judaism and Christianity. In Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, literary critic Harold Bloom argues that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Evangelism
Judaism is not an evangelistic religion. Orthodox Judaism in fact deliberately makes it very difficult to convert and become a Jew, and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - History
Haredi Judaism - Modern origins. For several centuries before the Emancipation of European Jewry, most of Europe's Jews were forced to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Judgement
Both Christianity and Judaism believe in some form of judgement. The Christian view is very well defined - every human is a sinner, and n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Abortion
Both Jews and Christians regard pregnancy as a gift from God, and hold children to be miracles. The only statements in the Tanakh (Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Messiah
Jews believe that a descendant of King David will one day appear to restore the Kingdom of Israel. Jews refer to this person as Moshiach,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Union For Traditional Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Union For Traditional Judaism - The Institute Of Traditional Judaism/the Metivta
The Institute of Traditional Judaism, also known as the Metivta, is the rabbinical school sponsored by the UTJ. The Metivta trains men fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam And Judaism - Historical
Jews have often lived in predominantly Islamic nations. Since many national borders have changed over the fourteen centuries of Islamic h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Crypto-judaism - Europe
The many Marranos (in the Balearic Islands, Chuetas), who publicly professed Catholicism but privately adhered to Judaism during the Span...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onomastics On Judaism And Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Onomastics On Judaism And Jewish History - Names From Judaism
Reznik Resnick, Reznikoff (cz.řezník, russ.резник = shochet, fleyshman, a slaughter (Fleischmann, Fleischman, Fleischer, Fleis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onomastics On Judaism And Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Onomastics On Judaism And Jewish History - Names From Judaism
Reznik Resnick, Reznikoff (cz.řezník, russ.резник = shochet, fleyshman, a slaughter (Fleischmann, Fleischman, Fleischer, Fleis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Messianic Judaism - Messianic Judaism Or Hebrew Christianity?
Messianic Jews consider their primary identity to be "Jewish" and belief in Jesus to be the logical conclusion of their "Jewishness". The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reform Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reform Judaism - National Bodies
The organizational bodies for Reform Judaism globally are: the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) in North America the Movement for Reform J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism By Country: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism By Country - By Region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karaite Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Karaite Judaism - Karaite Beliefs
Karaite Judaism - Karaites and the Rabbinic Oral law. Karaites do not accept the Rabbinic Oral Law as halakha because: They do not bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Judaism - Homosexuality In The Torah
The Torah (Hebrew Bible) is the primary classical source for Jewish views on homosexuality. It states that: "[A man] shall not lie with a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Israel
Mormons, as a whole, are largely pro-Israel. Mormons, as well as many Jews, are also in favor of coexistence in the Holy Land. The LDS pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Jews
LDS assert peaceful coexistence with the Jewish people, whom they recognize as Israelites who simply never lost the knowledge that they a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Judaism - Movement Organization
In the more limited sense of the term, Conservative Judaism is a unified movement; the international body of Conservative rabbis is the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reconstructionist Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reconstructionist Judaism - Jewish Identity
Reconstructionist Judaism allows its rabbis to determine their own policy regarding officiation at intermarriages; about half will do so....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conversion To Judaism - Motivations For Conversion
A mystical interpretation of conversions to Judaism is that a convert is someone with a Jewish neshama (soul) who is simply trying to fin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reconstructionist Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Reconstructionist Judaism - Principles Of Belief
In practice, Rabbi Kaplan's books, especially The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion and Judaism as a Civilization are de facto sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conversion To Judaism - Variations And Controversy
The requirements for conversion to Judaism are intended to avoid any uncertainty about a convert's true status. The certification by a be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conversion To Judaism - Consequences Of Conversion
Once undergone, a religious conversion to Judaism is irreversible, unless there are convincing grounds to believe that the convert was in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conversion To Judaism - Jews By Choice
The term "Jew by choice" is often used to describe someone who converted to Judaism, and is often contrasted with such terms as "Jew by b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conversion To Judaism - Traditional Requirements
The requirements under halakha for conversion to Judaism are that a beth din witnesses and approves: Circumcision (Brit milah or a Brit-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Conversion To Judaism - Consequences Of Conversion
Once undergone, a religious conversion to Judaism is irreversible (from a Jewish perspective), unless there are convincing grounds to bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Judaism - Programs Of Study
University of Judaism - The College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences is the program of undergraduate study at the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Orthodox Judaism - Philosophy
Modern Orthodoxy comprises a fairly broad spectrum of movements each drawing on several distinct, though related, philosophies, which in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Practices And Beliefs
Haredi Judaism - Views of halakha. One basic belief of the Orthodox community in general is that it is the latest link in a chain of Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Orthodox Judaism - Philosophy
Modern Orthodoxy comprises a fairly broad spectrum of movements each drawing on several distinct, though related, philosophies, which in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Orthodox Judaism - The Development Of Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy is not a single movement or school of thought. There is no single rabbinic body to which all its rabbis are expected to belong,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Present Day
Haredi Judaism - Israel. In Israel, home to the most numerically powerful Haredi population, the situation is different. There, as in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Judaism - History Of The Uj
The University of Judaism was founded in 1947 by Mordecai Kaplan, a Jewish thinker and philosopher who wanted to create an institution as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern Orthodox Judaism - Criticism
Generalisations concerning Modern Orthodoxy are difficult to draw, and, as such, any critiscm may be aimed at a straw man. This section d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Practices And Beliefs
Haredi Judaism - Views of halakha. One basic belief of the Orthodox community in general is that it is the latest link in a chain of Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Present Day
Haredi Judaism - Israel. In Israel, home to the most numerically powerful Haredi population, the situation is different. There, as in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Judaism And Other Religions
Judaism - Christianity and Judaism. Main articles: Judaism and Christianity, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Introduction
According to both traditional Judaism and modern scholars, a number of qualities distinguish Judaism from the other religions that existe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Critical Historical View Of The Development Of Judaism
Although monotheism is fundamental to Rabbinic Judaism, many critical Bible scholars claim that certain verses in the Torah imply that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Community Leadership
Judaism - Classical priesthood. Judaism does not have a clergy, in the sense of full-time specialists required for religious services. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Religious History
Jewish history is an extensive topic; this section will cover the elements of Jewish history of most importance to the Jewish religion an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - The Traditional Jewish Bookshelf
Jews are often called a "People of the Book," and Judaism has an age-old intellectual tradition focusing on text-based Torah study. The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Law And Interpretation
The basis of Jewish law and tradition ("halakha") is the Torah (the five books of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition there are 613 c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Prayer And Practice
Judaism - Prayers. Main articles: Jewish services, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article