Conservative
History
How
the Middle Became a Movement
The first 100 years of Conservative Judaism
Solomon
Schechter
Influential scholar and president
of the Jewish Theological Seminary
Conservative
Judaism Today
Smaller but more committed,
with vibrant, sometimes divisive debate
Thought & Practice
Conservative
Views of Jewish Law
Tradition and change
Two
Views on End of Life
Conservative positions on living wills
Inviting
Conservative Teachers to the Sukkah
A new ushpizin, the tradition of inviting historic
figures to the sukkah
The
Holocaust Scroll
A liturgy for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Accepting
Commandments
A Conservative view of conversion
Orthodox (Modern)
History
Orthodox
Judaism History
The roots and wings of
Judaism’s most traditional branch.
Samson
Raphael Hirsch
The Father of neo-Orthodoxy
American
Orthodoxy, Part 1
Orthodox Judaism in America
from colonial times to World War II
American
Orthodoxy, Part 2
Orthodox Judaism in America
since World War II
Today's
Orthodox Judaism
Rising numbers and
increasingly stringent observance
Orthodoxy's
Future in America
An analysis of the challenges
facing the movement
The
Gay Orthodox Underground
Efforts to confront the
conflicts between homosexuality and traditional Jewish life.
Thought & Practice
Orthodoxy
& Jewish Law
Contemporary attitudes toward halakhah
Separate
Seating in Synagogue
The mehitzah--a divider
separating men and women at prayer
Chosenness
& Modern Orthodoxy
The bases of Jewish
distinctness
The
Future of American Orthodoxy
Challenges facing Orthodox
Judaism in America
Leniency
Within Orthodoxy on Conversion
Marriage as a motivation for conversion
Critical
Talmud Study In an Orthodox Context
A call for modern, critical
study methods in the world of Orthodox Talmud study
Orthodox
Judaism Grapples With Bat Mitzvah
Girls have become the
educational equals of boys
Orthodox
Feminism for the 21st Century
A founder of the Orthodox feminist movement discusses
issues confronting the movement
The
Yoke of Commandment
An Orthodox view of conversion
Right
to Die?
A traditionalist perspective on living wills
Reform
History
Reforming
Judaism
Origins and early development
of Reform Judaism
The
Pittsburgh Platform (1885)
Principles of Reform Judaism:
A primary historical document
Isaac
Mayer Wise
The architect of American
Reform Judaism
Early
Opposition to Zionism
Reform Judaism saw the early
Zionist movement as a threat.
Reform
Judaism Today
Balancing tradition and innovation in the 21st century
A
Worship Revolution
A call for more Hebrew,
rituals, and joyful participation
Thought & Practice
Reform
Views of Jewish Law
Seeking guidance from
tradition, without a belief in its binding nature
Approaches
to the Reform of Jewish Liturgy
Changing prayers to fit modern sensibilities
Living
Wills
End of life issues in Reform teaching
Men's
Head Covering In Synagogue
Changing ideas about whether
men should wear a yarmulke during prayer
Guidelines
for Working With Potential Converts
A traditional framework, with
modern modifications
Secularization
of the Jewish Mission
Reviving the idea of Jewish
mission
The
Miami Platform (1997)
A Reform declaration of Zionistic belief
Pittsburgh
Platform (1999)
New guidelines on God, Torah,
and Israel
Balancing
a Concern for Gay Rights With a Commitment to Jewish Texts
The nature of the Jewish marriage ceremony from a Reform
perspective
Do
Same-Sex Unions Count as Jewish Marriage?
Exploring whether Jewish marriage can be applied to
same-sex relationships
Condoning
Gay Marriage
Support for rabbis who wish to officiate at same-sex
weddings
Accepting
the Commandments
A Reform view of conversion
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Cross-Denominational
Emergence
of Denominations (Part I)
Modernity and the formation of the Reform movement
Emergence
of Denominations (Part 2)
Orthodox, Conservative, and Reconstructionist Judaism take
shape.
State
of the Denominations
An overview of the contemporary scene
Denominational
Differences on Conversion
Basic disagreements in
philosophy and belief.
Differing
Holiday Lengths
Why some Jews celebrate
holidays for longer than others
Links:
Jewish Movements
Links to denominational
websites
Hasidism
History
Hasidism:
Early History
The
founding and flourishing of a movement
Hasidism's
Opponents
Social, theological and cultural disagreements
The
Baal Shem Tov
Founder
of Hasidism
Chabad
Today
The Lubavitcher movement
continues to grow, despite the death of the Rebbe
Thought & Practice
Hasidic
Ideas
Not a homogenous philosophy,
but certain ideas are common
Literature
of/on Hasidism
The Hasidim wrote and told stories about their leaders.
Denial
of Free Will
To some Hasidic thinkers,
human free will is an illusion
Hasidic
Prayer
Ecstatic prayer reflecting the rediscovery of God's
presence in the world.
The
Third of Tammuz
Remembering the Lubavitcher Rebber
Reconstructionist
History
The
Fourth Dimension
A philosophy not at first
designed to be a denomination.
Mordecai
Kaplan
One of the 20th century's most
prominent Jewish thinkers
For
the 21st Century
Reconstructionist Judaism matures
under new leadership.
Thought & Practice
Post-Halakhic
Judaism
Jewish law gets "a vote,
but not a veto."
Rejecting
Chosenness
Believing the idea only serves to divide
Egalitarian
Divorce Options
A woman-initiated get
(bill of divorce) and a mutual get.
Renewal
History
Renewing
Judaism
An introduction to the Jewish Renewal movement
Thought & Practice
The
Divine Feminine
Finding meaning in under-appreciated mystical texts
Holiday
Guided Meditation
For Rosh Hashanah, focusing on
the year that's ending
Secular Humanistic Judaism
History
History
of the Movement
Embracing cultural identity while
rejecting belief in God
Judaism
Without God
Challenges & opportunities for the movement
Thought & Practice
A
Rabbi's Journey
A rabbi explains why he chose Humanistic Judaism
Rejecting
God
Humans are at the center of this denomination.
A
Humanist Bat Mitzvah
A nontraditional path to adult
Jewish identity
Images
Key to the photos at the top of this page:
- The Conservative
Yeshiva in Jerusalem (left)
- Elat Chayyim, a Renewal retreat
center (center, top)
- Camp JRF, Reconstructionist summer
camp (center, bottom)
- Menachem
Mendel Schneerson, the late Lubavitcher Rebbe (right)
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