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... 1. Individual Choice & Commitment: John Planer says: “Reform Judaism asks that I assume personal responsibility for my beliefs, values, and behavior; and I, in turn, refuse to allow any sacred text or religious authority to dictate to me what I shall believe, what rituals I shall perform, or what G ...
... 1. Individual Choice & Commitment: John Planer says: “Reform Judaism asks that I assume personal responsibility for my beliefs, values, and behavior; and I, in turn, refuse to allow any sacred text or religious authority to dictate to me what I shall believe, what rituals I shall perform, or what G ...
Reform Judaism - The Humane Society of the United States
... tsa’ar ba’alei chayim, bal tashchit, and tikkun olam. Reform Jews should strive to purchase meat that has been raised in the most humane manner possible. “While Judaism forbids tsa’ar ba’alei chayim, inflicting unnecessary pain on animals, those animals raised on ‘factory farms’ live in cramped, con ...
... tsa’ar ba’alei chayim, bal tashchit, and tikkun olam. Reform Jews should strive to purchase meat that has been raised in the most humane manner possible. “While Judaism forbids tsa’ar ba’alei chayim, inflicting unnecessary pain on animals, those animals raised on ‘factory farms’ live in cramped, con ...
Vayeshev-5764
... him and treats him as the first-born (which he is, from Rachel, though not in terms of all of Jacob’s sons). And ultimately all this does him in one day when the brothers have finally had enough… We know where the story leads. Yet as Joseph is taken to Egypt and sold as a slave to Potiphar, as he re ...
... him and treats him as the first-born (which he is, from Rachel, though not in terms of all of Jacob’s sons). And ultimately all this does him in one day when the brothers have finally had enough… We know where the story leads. Yet as Joseph is taken to Egypt and sold as a slave to Potiphar, as he re ...
Jewish World
... varieties within Judaism existed, actually labeling the distinctions goes “against the spirit of Catholic Judaism.” He argued that “Judaism demands blind faith only in the existence of God,” but beyond that Jewish civilization “has striven to maintain an equipoise between tradition and ...
... varieties within Judaism existed, actually labeling the distinctions goes “against the spirit of Catholic Judaism.” He argued that “Judaism demands blind faith only in the existence of God,” but beyond that Jewish civilization “has striven to maintain an equipoise between tradition and ...
What Can A Modern Jew Believe?
... Reviewed by Alan L. Berger, Raddock Family Chair of Holocaust Studies, Florida Atlantic University Over a half century ago, Rabbi Milton Steinberg’s Basic Judaism, a learned yet accessible book, became a classic for those interested in the Jewish religious tradition. Steinberg’s book was read by con ...
... Reviewed by Alan L. Berger, Raddock Family Chair of Holocaust Studies, Florida Atlantic University Over a half century ago, Rabbi Milton Steinberg’s Basic Judaism, a learned yet accessible book, became a classic for those interested in the Jewish religious tradition. Steinberg’s book was read by con ...
The Revelation of an Embrace: A Vision of Conservative Judaism
... I am more interested in issues such as why there is a Halakha in the first place, and why it has any authority over us. . . . I have become increasingly impatient with those who insist on talking about ‘the’ Halakha or ‘the’ halakhic process, as if these were monolithic, self-evident and predetermin ...
... I am more interested in issues such as why there is a Halakha in the first place, and why it has any authority over us. . . . I have become increasingly impatient with those who insist on talking about ‘the’ Halakha or ‘the’ halakhic process, as if these were monolithic, self-evident and predetermin ...
File for - Translated by Moshe Goldberg
... Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, the sage of moral teaching in our generation, wrote an entire chapter about this subject in his book "Alei Shur." He writes that "frumkeit" (exaggerated stringency) is an egotistical urge which is not related at all to surrender to a higher power and that it does not lead to a cl ...
... Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, the sage of moral teaching in our generation, wrote an entire chapter about this subject in his book "Alei Shur." He writes that "frumkeit" (exaggerated stringency) is an egotistical urge which is not related at all to surrender to a higher power and that it does not lead to a cl ...
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... THE BACKGROUND : All major movements in contemporary Judéism are directly or indirectly responses to Emancipation. Most of all true of Pgogressive Judaism. Therefore must deal with Emancipation. But next time. Fir§t what went before. Two major phases: Biblical and Rabbinic. (When did each begin?) If ...
... THE BACKGROUND : All major movements in contemporary Judéism are directly or indirectly responses to Emancipation. Most of all true of Pgogressive Judaism. Therefore must deal with Emancipation. But next time. Fir§t what went before. Two major phases: Biblical and Rabbinic. (When did each begin?) If ...
Required texts (available at the USC bookstore – please bring the
... Brief student presentations of research, wrap-up Dec 8: Research papers due ...
... Brief student presentations of research, wrap-up Dec 8: Research papers due ...
American Judaism 101 - H-Net
... daism. In fact, Raphael notes that only half of the Amer- Conference of American Rabbis on governmental bodican Jewish population claims membership in a syna- ies found in the Unitarian movement. Also, because gogue. While his book focuses more on those who af- many early synagogues took their lease ...
... daism. In fact, Raphael notes that only half of the Amer- Conference of American Rabbis on governmental bodican Jewish population claims membership in a syna- ies found in the Unitarian movement. Also, because gogue. While his book focuses more on those who af- many early synagogues took their lease ...
Regarding Modern Judaism And The Kabalah
... white, the offering was accepted, and if not, God’s judgment would be on them. Yah went along with this and for 40 years after Yahushua died, their strings stayed red… yet before He died, miraculously (by the enemy) the strings at times would turn white. Thus they sell these red strings so that perh ...
... white, the offering was accepted, and if not, God’s judgment would be on them. Yah went along with this and for 40 years after Yahushua died, their strings stayed red… yet before He died, miraculously (by the enemy) the strings at times would turn white. Thus they sell these red strings so that perh ...
Carthage College The Reform Movement and Abraham Geiger
... means using different plates and cups, and washing and storing said plates in different sinks and cupboards. And any grape products, like wine, that are not made by Jews cannot be used at all. This is because some byproducts that are mixed with the grapes are not kosher and mixing in with the grapes ...
... means using different plates and cups, and washing and storing said plates in different sinks and cupboards. And any grape products, like wine, that are not made by Jews cannot be used at all. This is because some byproducts that are mixed with the grapes are not kosher and mixing in with the grapes ...
Al Cheit Shechatanu L`fanecha: For the Sin of Extremism - Beth
... are sometimes deeply held, along with our thoughts and feelings, are an important part of what makes us who we are. And yet, when we are so wedded to our opinions, when the thought of changing one’s mind, of opening up to another point of view, causes us to hurt those around us, it is a problem. And ...
... are sometimes deeply held, along with our thoughts and feelings, are an important part of what makes us who we are. And yet, when we are so wedded to our opinions, when the thought of changing one’s mind, of opening up to another point of view, causes us to hurt those around us, it is a problem. And ...
Messianism and Hassidism
... Galicia, Central Poland; sizable groups in Hungary, Slovakia and Romania ...
... Galicia, Central Poland; sizable groups in Hungary, Slovakia and Romania ...
Orthodox Judaism Conservative Judaism Reformed Judaism
... Trumpets), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles), Chanukkah (the Feast of Dedication) and Purim. We celebrate the holidays because it is written in the Torah for Israel to observe these festivals forever (Leviticus 23:21, 31, 41; Exodus 12:14). Yeshua observed these fe ...
... Trumpets), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles), Chanukkah (the Feast of Dedication) and Purim. We celebrate the holidays because it is written in the Torah for Israel to observe these festivals forever (Leviticus 23:21, 31, 41; Exodus 12:14). Yeshua observed these fe ...
HISTORICIZING ORTHODOXY
... development of halakah in Ashkenaz throughout much of the medieval period, Landau ruled leniently in this particular case and with regard to other maters by privileging the earlier Talmudic sources, much as Rabbi Elijah b. Solomon Zalman (1720–1797), the Gaon of Vilna, did in his own halakic writing ...
... development of halakah in Ashkenaz throughout much of the medieval period, Landau ruled leniently in this particular case and with regard to other maters by privileging the earlier Talmudic sources, much as Rabbi Elijah b. Solomon Zalman (1720–1797), the Gaon of Vilna, did in his own halakic writing ...
REFORM JUDAISM®
... have been on the rise, the Reform Movement has been the fastest growing theologically liberal religious tradition in America. We have become the largest stream in North American Jewish life. This is due in no small measure to our openness to the full tapestry of Jews—gay Jews and straight Jews, inte ...
... have been on the rise, the Reform Movement has been the fastest growing theologically liberal religious tradition in America. We have become the largest stream in North American Jewish life. This is due in no small measure to our openness to the full tapestry of Jews—gay Jews and straight Jews, inte ...
Read as Doc file
... deems unfit. Rabbis sometimes disagree concerning what they both heard from their own mentor; one says that the Rabbi permitted, while the other says that he prohibited. It would be no exaggeration to say that there is almost no issue in the Torah concerning which Rabbis do not disagree. This being ...
... deems unfit. Rabbis sometimes disagree concerning what they both heard from their own mentor; one says that the Rabbi permitted, while the other says that he prohibited. It would be no exaggeration to say that there is almost no issue in the Torah concerning which Rabbis do not disagree. This being ...
The Differences in the Roles and Responsibilities of the Rabbi
... spiritual gifting to enable the Priest to interceded for the parishioners as well as to make sacrifice for them. Today Priest do not kill animals but they administer the 7 sacraments to the church which if done under Christ’s authority bring blessing to the church. It should be made clear that a Ra ...
... spiritual gifting to enable the Priest to interceded for the parishioners as well as to make sacrifice for them. Today Priest do not kill animals but they administer the 7 sacraments to the church which if done under Christ’s authority bring blessing to the church. It should be made clear that a Ra ...
JC Relations - Jewish
... guidance, the rabbis founded an academy for the study of the Jewish Scriptures, which gained the nomenclature The Vineyard. This name either came from the fact that the academy was actually set up in an old vineyard, or because the students sat in rows like planted grape-vines. Either way, the membe ...
... guidance, the rabbis founded an academy for the study of the Jewish Scriptures, which gained the nomenclature The Vineyard. This name either came from the fact that the academy was actually set up in an old vineyard, or because the students sat in rows like planted grape-vines. Either way, the membe ...
VUPJ – Introduction to Judaism 2006
... This syllabus contains information about the topics that will be covered each week as well as the required and recommended readings for each session. Please do ALL the required readings and as much of the recommended reading as time and interest dictate. Your learning and the success of the class is ...
... This syllabus contains information about the topics that will be covered each week as well as the required and recommended readings for each session. Please do ALL the required readings and as much of the recommended reading as time and interest dictate. Your learning and the success of the class is ...
VUPJ – Introduction to Judaism 2006
... This syllabus contains information about the topics that will be covered each week as well as the required and recommended readings for each session. Please do ALL the required readings and as much of the recommended reading as time and interest dictate. Your learning and the success of the class is ...
... This syllabus contains information about the topics that will be covered each week as well as the required and recommended readings for each session. Please do ALL the required readings and as much of the recommended reading as time and interest dictate. Your learning and the success of the class is ...
Introduction to Judaism
... weeks including an orientation session. The class meets once a week for two hours. Courses are usually offered on weekday evenings and typically begin at different seasons of the year and in a variety of locations across the Southland. INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM is designed to be a meaningful education ...
... weeks including an orientation session. The class meets once a week for two hours. Courses are usually offered on weekday evenings and typically begin at different seasons of the year and in a variety of locations across the Southland. INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM is designed to be a meaningful education ...
Volume 6. Weimar Germany, 1918/19–1933 Emil Fackenheim on
... thus accepted. With instruction for just two hours, plus occasional youth services on Shabbat afternoon, it may seem astonishing that this Jewish education stayed with me. But I can think of two reasons why it stuck. There was no hunting after “relevance” and no frills, only substance— Torah, prophe ...
... thus accepted. With instruction for just two hours, plus occasional youth services on Shabbat afternoon, it may seem astonishing that this Jewish education stayed with me. But I can think of two reasons why it stuck. There was no hunting after “relevance” and no frills, only substance— Torah, prophe ...
Jewish Sects
... The teachings of Zacharias Frankel (1801-75) form the foundation of Conservative Judaism. Frankel broke away from the Reform movement in Germany in the 1840s, insisting that Jewish tradition and rituals had not become non-essentials. He accepted both the Torah and Talmud as enduring authorities but ...
... The teachings of Zacharias Frankel (1801-75) form the foundation of Conservative Judaism. Frankel broke away from the Reform movement in Germany in the 1840s, insisting that Jewish tradition and rituals had not become non-essentials. He accepted both the Torah and Talmud as enduring authorities but ...