Reconstructionist Judaism

foundation of Judaism and we must fulfill the mitzvah of studying Torah. Today, Modern Orthodox Jews find a little more freedom within studying Torah. In contrast to Orthodox right, Modern Orthodox Jews do not see disciplines outside of the Torah as hol, or profane. Instead, Modern Orthodox Jews find value in studying Torah, and other areas such as “Chemistry, language, medicine,” because they are all “potentially aspects of Torah.” (Weiss, Avraham). Modern…

Compared to the other branches the Reconstructionist branch was created in North American. One element that is distinct from the other branches is that the Reconstructionist believes "...the scriptures were not divinely, but created by the Jewish people themselves; and that the traditions existed for the people, not the other way around, and so could be modified (129)." In the same way, the Reconstructionist rejects the idea of Jews as the chosen people and prefer to believe more in the…

Judaism is described as a religion, a race, a culture, and a nation. The Jewish heritage has been passed down from generation to generation for many years. This practice is the oldest of the three western monotheistic religions. There are more than 14 million people who claim some type of Jewish heritage. Judaism as a religion has been around for anywhere in between five thousand and ten thousand years (Johnson). Naturally because this particular religion has been in practice for many years, it…

Judaism began around 2000 BC, four thousand years ago, when the main founder, Abraham, made a divine covenant with God. Judaism is a monotheistic religion and a set of practices followed by the Jewish people. It is one of the original three Abraham faiths, which also includes Christianity and Islam. Judaism is the belief that there is on single God who created the universe and in which every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship with. In this religion, Jews believed of the…

The religious groups that I focused on included the Roman Catholic Church and Judaism. Orthodox Judaism and Catholicism differ in many ways. Judaism rejects the idea of the Holy Trinity, which is an integral factor in Catholicism. Catholicism holds true to the idea that Jesus died for the sins of his followers, whereas Judaism doesn’t believe in that. Judaism doesn’t believe in the Virgin Mary as strongly as Catholics do. The Virgin Mary also plays a large part in the Roman Catholic Church. The…

Orthodox Judaism is the continuation of beliefs and practices of Judaism and is accepted by the Jewish nation today. Orthodox Judaism is different than Modern Judaism as it isn’t a single movement. It actually has several different movements, but they all come back to the “common beliefs.” Both Orthodox Judaism and Modern Judaism have different beliefs and attitudes about modern culture, but they are similar in ways of practice throughout the Torah. (Jason Levine, 2016) Traditionally to be…

Judaism has a very long and often tumultuous past. According to the Hebrew Bible Judaism goes back to Abraham around 1800 BCE. After the time of Abraham began the first of two great time spans in Jewish history. The beginning of the first time span was a time of landless people who established a homeland in Israel. Then the Babylonians invaded and destroyed the Kingdom of Judah and its First Temple in 586 BCE. The Israelites were exiled to Babylonia, where they realized if they wanted to keep…

events have happened , events that supported Judaism and events that don’t support it. To ancient cultures, Jewish traditions, beliefs and customs appeared absurd. Judaism and its culture were able to survive and overcome hardships such as the holocaust and exile. It has been developed under historical conditions that are unique. Although Jewish religion and its culture has been alive for decades,research has proved Jewish religion and its culture have a mutual relationship because the jews…

The authors, Mead, Hill, and Atwood describe the beginnings of Judaism as a branch of the Christian religion. Throughout time, these religions have altered and shifted, both growing and blossoming in their own way. In my opinion, the most unique belief of Judaism is that in their eyes, Jesus was not the Messiah. Being a Christian, I was taught in my church that Jesus is the embodiment of God and that he was brought to the Earth to sacrifice his life for our sins and to expand the word of the…

obligations are such things as restrictions on dietary intake and holiday observances. According to “Institute for Curriculum Services” (2008), “Branches have different positions on the requirements these traditional laws place on modern Jews” (Branches of Judaism). The differing positions range from a strict adherence to Jewish laws to a more adaptive style of practice in the western culture. A simple example provides is in the Orthodox branch of Judaism permits the wearing of canvas sneakers…