What are the Reform reforming, the Conservatives conserving, and the Otrhodox... Ortho-ing?

 

WARM-UP  TORF  20 Q’s on CJ

Recording Textploration scripts. 

More CJ

A)   What does it mean to be a conservative jew? How are CJ’s different than Reform, or Othodox , or  unaffiliated Jews?

B)   https://youtu.be/Cd6hyxM14S4-   the start of movements

C)    why is this trans woman a conservative Jew? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9FUwcLWQGo

 

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-jewish-denominations/

Tallit at 1115.

The Last Jew Standing on... Movements in American Judaism

1.    Every movement in American Judaism has its own siddur-  usually more than one.

2.   The first synagogues built in America were what would now be called Orthodox.

3.   Reform Jews are the least religiously observant Jews in America.

4.   Orthodox Jews are no more likely to come to synagogue on Shabbat  just to pray than jews in other movements.

5.    Not all Orthodox Jews have a Bat Mitzvah celebration for their daughters.

6.   Conservative Judaism was the first to ordain women as rabbis, then Reform.

7.   It’s actually Reformed  Judaism.    People keep leaving off the “-ed.”

8.   Conservative Judaism was about Conserving our freedoms in comparison to Orthodoxy .

9.   Orthodoxy is unified in how it forbids religious leadership roles for women.        

10.                   World-wide, there  are a about two  dozen Yeshivot for Conservative adults to study in, but several hundred Orthodox Yeshivot.

11. Humanist Judaism is a branch of Judaism where people do not believe in God but still find meaning participating  in Jewish life rituals.

12.                    There is only one Conservative Movement, but many flavors of Orthodoxy.

13.                    Conservative and Reform Judaism both say you only need to observe the ritual mitzvot you find meaningful.

14.                    Orthodoxy was the first movement to ordain its own Rabbis in America.     

15.                    Conservative Judaism was the first to fully support modern  Zionism.

16.                    Reconstructionist Judaism is an offshoot of Conservative Judaism.

17.                    Orthodox Judaism is growing the fastest growing movement in the USA,  but Reform is the largest.

18.                    Reform Jews are twice as likely as Conservative Jews to have a Jewish education of any kind past Bnei Mitzvah.

19.                    In Israel, the Reform and Conservative movements are teeny.

20.                  Orthodox Jews are only 5% to 10% more likely to be able to read and pray in Hebrew compared to Reform and Conservative.

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