The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
... people's history. The age of self-evident identity and of no alternative in values is over. The age of exclusion and stereotyping by Gentiles is drawing to a close. "Jewish flight" to achieve success or integration in the broader society is declining. Many observant Jews have put aside the fear that ...
... people's history. The age of self-evident identity and of no alternative in values is over. The age of exclusion and stereotyping by Gentiles is drawing to a close. "Jewish flight" to achieve success or integration in the broader society is declining. Many observant Jews have put aside the fear that ...
File - TLCC Studies of Religion 2015
... made by Jews today. They highlight the main features of the Jewish faith, and thus assist in consolidating Judaism by clarifying its core beliefs. The fourth significant influence for Maimonides is his integration of religion, science and philosophy primarily through his Guide for the Perplexed. Thi ...
... made by Jews today. They highlight the main features of the Jewish faith, and thus assist in consolidating Judaism by clarifying its core beliefs. The fourth significant influence for Maimonides is his integration of religion, science and philosophy primarily through his Guide for the Perplexed. Thi ...
Judaism
... 3300 years ago. The story of Israel’s increasingly oppressive servitude, the divine mission of Moses, and the series of divinely ordained catastrophes against the oppressor are recorded in the Bible. These events became the focal point of Jewish history, because they crystallized the Jewish national ...
... 3300 years ago. The story of Israel’s increasingly oppressive servitude, the divine mission of Moses, and the series of divinely ordained catastrophes against the oppressor are recorded in the Bible. These events became the focal point of Jewish history, because they crystallized the Jewish national ...
Text - Association of Jewish Libraries
... In 1922 Kaplan founded a new synagogue, the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, known as the SAJ, and affiliated with the Conservative movement. As the name implies this was not to be an ordinary congregation, but one that furthered Kaplan’s ideology through adult education, Jewish cultural acti ...
... In 1922 Kaplan founded a new synagogue, the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, known as the SAJ, and affiliated with the Conservative movement. As the name implies this was not to be an ordinary congregation, but one that furthered Kaplan’s ideology through adult education, Jewish cultural acti ...
Building our Judaism
... Groupleader says: “Welcome everyone! Our first activity takes us back to Germany in the early 1800’s, a time when German Jews felt dissatisfied with the established expressions of Judaism. At the time, being Jewish meant being traditionally observant, meaning one's Judaism was always noticeable. For ...
... Groupleader says: “Welcome everyone! Our first activity takes us back to Germany in the early 1800’s, a time when German Jews felt dissatisfied with the established expressions of Judaism. At the time, being Jewish meant being traditionally observant, meaning one's Judaism was always noticeable. For ...
Unity of Faiths - Judaism
... Egyptian slave, Hagar. Abraham had a child with Hagar, a boy named Ishmael. Over time, Sarah became jealous of Hagar and her son. She convinced Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away into the desert. God, however, sent an angel to protect Hagar and Ishmael. Today, the religion of Islam traces its he ...
... Egyptian slave, Hagar. Abraham had a child with Hagar, a boy named Ishmael. Over time, Sarah became jealous of Hagar and her son. She convinced Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away into the desert. God, however, sent an angel to protect Hagar and Ishmael. Today, the religion of Islam traces its he ...
Intermarriage – Its Positive Effect on Messianic Judaism
... see issues through different cultural lenses, and be more discerning (in an evaluative way) of traditional Jewish perspectives. Non-Jewish spouses can exhibit a unique frame of reference in their approach to Messianic Jewish history, theology and culture because they ask questions that Messianic Jew ...
... see issues through different cultural lenses, and be more discerning (in an evaluative way) of traditional Jewish perspectives. Non-Jewish spouses can exhibit a unique frame of reference in their approach to Messianic Jewish history, theology and culture because they ask questions that Messianic Jew ...
Denominations in Judaism
... synagogues in Israel, and each time its members had attempted to worship at the Wall with men and women together it had been attacked. On Shavuot two years earlier, ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students had rained soiled diapers on the minyan. Two months after that, on Tisha b'Av, the police had shoved an ...
... synagogues in Israel, and each time its members had attempted to worship at the Wall with men and women together it had been attacked. On Shavuot two years earlier, ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students had rained soiled diapers on the minyan. Two months after that, on Tisha b'Av, the police had shoved an ...
Introduction to Judaism
... (1900 BCE-587 BCE) 2. Return to Judea and the Second Temple (515 BCE-70 CE) 3. Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism in Babylon and Jerusalem(70 CE-632 CE) 4. Jews in the Islamic World (632 CE-1500 CE) 5. Jews in Medieval Europe (900-1500) 6. Jews in the Modern World (1500-present) Lecture 1 ...
... (1900 BCE-587 BCE) 2. Return to Judea and the Second Temple (515 BCE-70 CE) 3. Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism in Babylon and Jerusalem(70 CE-632 CE) 4. Jews in the Islamic World (632 CE-1500 CE) 5. Jews in Medieval Europe (900-1500) 6. Jews in the Modern World (1500-present) Lecture 1 ...
1 JEWISH CIVILIZATION BETWEEN RISE
... be predetermined by some organic laws of nature, or the movements of the stars. Cyclical notions of history survived and continued to influence the philosophy of history until the 20th century. The Babylonian Talmud discusses the question of whether the Jews are subject to the same immutable laws of ...
... be predetermined by some organic laws of nature, or the movements of the stars. Cyclical notions of history survived and continued to influence the philosophy of history until the 20th century. The Babylonian Talmud discusses the question of whether the Jews are subject to the same immutable laws of ...
The Holocaust and Minnesota History
... “Yiddish” (a Germanic language with many Hebrew words used by Eastern European Jews) are included. Use this lesson to reinforce students’ knowledge of Judaism. On the last line of “The Summer Camp,” World War II begins. After reading this account, teachers should determine student understanding of t ...
... “Yiddish” (a Germanic language with many Hebrew words used by Eastern European Jews) are included. Use this lesson to reinforce students’ knowledge of Judaism. On the last line of “The Summer Camp,” World War II begins. After reading this account, teachers should determine student understanding of t ...
Creativity and Cultural Influence in Early Jewish
... Jewish religious law, known as halakhah, has been influenced by cultural developments both within the Jewish community and outside of it. Cultural analysis reminds us that cultures are not hermetically sealed but continuously interact with the world around them. This reality is especially true with ...
... Jewish religious law, known as halakhah, has been influenced by cultural developments both within the Jewish community and outside of it. Cultural analysis reminds us that cultures are not hermetically sealed but continuously interact with the world around them. This reality is especially true with ...
File - Schuster Land
... Romans in 70 CE, Jewish history is that of a dispersed people, finding unity in their evolving teachings and traditional practices, which were eventually codified in the great compendium of Jewish law and lore, the Talmud. ...
... Romans in 70 CE, Jewish history is that of a dispersed people, finding unity in their evolving teachings and traditional practices, which were eventually codified in the great compendium of Jewish law and lore, the Talmud. ...
this PDF - HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
... motley crew of worshipers praying alongside each other (Millgram 1971). “Counting for a minyan” (Polish: liczenie do minianu) has been, for several decades, one of the characteristic and common predicaments of Polish Jewish religious life, despite its apparent “renewal” after the end of communism. I ...
... motley crew of worshipers praying alongside each other (Millgram 1971). “Counting for a minyan” (Polish: liczenie do minianu) has been, for several decades, one of the characteristic and common predicaments of Polish Jewish religious life, despite its apparent “renewal” after the end of communism. I ...
I Am a Reform Jew Because - Westchester Reform Temple
... proclaim “I am Jew because the faith of Israel demands no abdication of my mind”. The rest is commentary and you should have received a copy of it as you entered this holy space. The words “I am a Jew because” by Edmond Fleg may speak to us, but he cannot speak for us. Edmond Fleg captures our imagi ...
... proclaim “I am Jew because the faith of Israel demands no abdication of my mind”. The rest is commentary and you should have received a copy of it as you entered this holy space. The words “I am a Jew because” by Edmond Fleg may speak to us, but he cannot speak for us. Edmond Fleg captures our imagi ...
(2014) Conservative Judaism_Vol 1_pg 577 to 587
... Rabbi Ami is quoted as saying, ‘‘The world is not the place of God; God is the place of the world’’ (Genesis 68:9). Nevertheless, there is a sense of hierarchy in holiness, with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem considered to be the place where God’s presence (Shekhinah) has been centered on earth. This ...
... Rabbi Ami is quoted as saying, ‘‘The world is not the place of God; God is the place of the world’’ (Genesis 68:9). Nevertheless, there is a sense of hierarchy in holiness, with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem considered to be the place where God’s presence (Shekhinah) has been centered on earth. This ...
Document
... and fought alongside Jews; Josephus could not have avoided thinking like a Jew. That is, his view of history and the very logic used in his presentation of events would have been shaped by Jewish beliefs and approaches to history and time. Smyth, too, notes that Josephus the Jew is never entirely re ...
... and fought alongside Jews; Josephus could not have avoided thinking like a Jew. That is, his view of history and the very logic used in his presentation of events would have been shaped by Jewish beliefs and approaches to history and time. Smyth, too, notes that Josephus the Jew is never entirely re ...
Glossary of Jewish Terminology (MSWord)
... (pay-OHT) to observe the commandment in Lev. 19:27 not to round the corners of your head or mar the corners of your beard. There are points of Jewish law that allow some shaving, so you may see Orthodox Jews without full beards or peyot. Chasidic Jews do not follow this leniency. This subject has no ...
... (pay-OHT) to observe the commandment in Lev. 19:27 not to round the corners of your head or mar the corners of your beard. There are points of Jewish law that allow some shaving, so you may see Orthodox Jews without full beards or peyot. Chasidic Jews do not follow this leniency. This subject has no ...
Rationalization and Apologia: The Intellectual
... also Rabinowitz 1938, 90). Further, the idea that gentiles were not idolators (and thus not subject to an ethical double standard) was not established (Stein 1959). Indeed, the authoritative Maimonides explicitly viewed all Christians as idolators, and Cohen (1994, 141) notes that Christianity was “ ...
... also Rabinowitz 1938, 90). Further, the idea that gentiles were not idolators (and thus not subject to an ethical double standard) was not established (Stein 1959). Indeed, the authoritative Maimonides explicitly viewed all Christians as idolators, and Cohen (1994, 141) notes that Christianity was “ ...
Imperialism And Jewish Society, 200 BCE To 640
... In part three, Schwartz traces the development of synagogue and community from 350-640 C.E. In chapter six, he argues that the Christianization of the Roman Empire in the fourth century had widespread effects on Jewish life. First, Christianization marginalized Jews as it "excluded [them] from ...
... In part three, Schwartz traces the development of synagogue and community from 350-640 C.E. In chapter six, he argues that the Christianization of the Roman Empire in the fourth century had widespread effects on Jewish life. First, Christianization marginalized Jews as it "excluded [them] from ...
Professional Learning Paper about Judaism
... learning and teaching about Judaism in the Broad General Education. It aims to provide a professional learning resource for practitioners that will be supported by two Glow meets and a one-day conference on learning about Judaism in 2016. This briefing paper aims to support practitioners through sup ...
... learning and teaching about Judaism in the Broad General Education. It aims to provide a professional learning resource for practitioners that will be supported by two Glow meets and a one-day conference on learning about Judaism in 2016. This briefing paper aims to support practitioners through sup ...
religious and secular jewish educational institutions in arad
... the way for prayer. From here we deduce the importance enjoyed by the study of the Scriptures in Judaism, and by sciences in general. The fact that only a very limited number of Jews did not know how to read and write, illiteracy rates being, therefore, very low at all times, is a significant fact. ...
... the way for prayer. From here we deduce the importance enjoyed by the study of the Scriptures in Judaism, and by sciences in general. The fact that only a very limited number of Jews did not know how to read and write, illiteracy rates being, therefore, very low at all times, is a significant fact. ...
A Jewish View on Leadership
... for leaders and their followers even in the twenty-first century. At a minimum then, it seems only reasonable that Jewish groups seeking a meaningful program of leadership training would be willing to consider the wisdom of their own traditions on leadership in concert with the latest theories emana ...
... for leaders and their followers even in the twenty-first century. At a minimum then, it seems only reasonable that Jewish groups seeking a meaningful program of leadership training would be willing to consider the wisdom of their own traditions on leadership in concert with the latest theories emana ...
Defining Judaism: Accounting for “Religions” in
... term “religions” by using scare quotes but dodges the definitional quandaries that the term presents (1998). Although the definitional problem posed by individual “religions” can be seen as a genus of the larger question of the meaning of religion tout court, the importance of this problem is more c ...
... term “religions” by using scare quotes but dodges the definitional quandaries that the term presents (1998). Although the definitional problem posed by individual “religions” can be seen as a genus of the larger question of the meaning of religion tout court, the importance of this problem is more c ...
Jesus for Jews
... to spiritual gifts, degree of Torah observance thought acceptable or advisable, and even the ethnic makeup (i.e. Sephardic or Ashkenazi) of its Jewish participants. [17] As might be imagined, this movement encounters significant opposition from many different quarters and on a variety of grounds. So ...
... to spiritual gifts, degree of Torah observance thought acceptable or advisable, and even the ethnic makeup (i.e. Sephardic or Ashkenazi) of its Jewish participants. [17] As might be imagined, this movement encounters significant opposition from many different quarters and on a variety of grounds. So ...