Jewish Communities

Who exactly are the Jews? There are those (including many Jews themselves) who see them as a religion (like Christianity or Islam) while others see

In Germany (originally) in the mid-19th century, a new kind of Jew emerged, a Jew who accepted Halacha and Rabbinic authority but who also wanted

Up to now we have talked of Jews who in one way or another define themselves in positive religious or theological terms but there are

This relatively new group comes, on the whole, out of Modern Orthodoxy but has developed a more extreme religious position, echoing much of the Haredi

From these three different categories of Orthodox Jews, we move now to the non-Orthodox part of the religious spectrum. We introduce here two liberal movements

Haredi Jews is the general term used today for extremely religious Jews who in one way or another continue to distance themselves from many aspects

ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING IT: ETHNIC IDENTITY – “JEWS ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHY” It is important to remember that Jews traditionally have never seen themselves as