216 Search Results for Orthodox Judaism
Homosexuality as Seen From Three Religious Perspectives
One of the most controversial issues today is the notion of homosexuality. To many, it is an individual right to love who one wants to love. Yet, often with various religious perspectives, homo Continue Reading...
Temple Beth Am Site Visit
Jonathan Zaun
For people living in prior generations, the practice of one's religious beliefs was a private expression of faith to be shared only with fellow adherents. Christians worshipped alongside fellow Christians and Continue Reading...
At this point in the declaration, the sentiments of the church become very expressive -- "The Church... cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament through the people with whom God... concluded the Ancient Covenant;" thus, "m Continue Reading...
At first like the Christians, those who practiced Islam (i.e., the Muslims) were persecuted for their beliefs which resulted in Islam failing to spread much beyond the city of Mecca, but as Muhammad gained many converts, Islam began to spread to oth Continue Reading...
Gregorian chant (plainchant) include characteristics genre, history, developed forms chant ( polyphonic Gregorian chanting), influence western music a . Use scholarly sources
Gregorian chant (plainchant)
The Gregorian chant is considered by expert Continue Reading...
business culture and expansion trends that exist for American companies in India. The paper focuses on answering the following questions: 1. What are the major elements and dimensions of culture in this region? 2. How are these elements and dimensio Continue Reading...
Awake My People
In his 1866 poem "Awake My People!" author Judah Leib Gordon urges every Jewish man in Russia to "Be a man aboard and a Jew in your tent."[footnoteRef:1] Since the publication of the pome, Gordon's work has been treated with controve Continue Reading...
Jewish Client
When discussing medical care with Sara, one must keep in mind that she is alone now, having been married for 50 years, but now widowed. She seems to have a rather active social circle, and is more of a middle-of -- the road practitione Continue Reading...
Theology
Pascal's projected apologia for Christian belief, for which the text of the Pensees offers some glimpse, would ultimately have reflected his sincere conversion (of sorts) to the gloomy Jansenist theology which hovers over his works generall Continue Reading...
For a Catholic salvation without God or Christ is unthinkable. Admittedly, this is a comparison of two outwardly very different religious structures and cultures but it serves to illustrate the fact that important differences do occur and this can a Continue Reading...
Beauty for Ashes
The Yiddish short story "If Not Higher" by I.L. Peretz was published in Warsaw in 1900, decades before the holocaust. Fifty years later, the short supposedly true story of "The Kozshenitser Rebe" was published in Yiddish by Orenshta Continue Reading...
Conservative Jews use a different prayer book and have somewhat shorter services. Some of the prayers are in English, while in the Orthodox synagogue the entire service is in Hebrew.
Reform Jews take a radical approach and declare that revelation i Continue Reading...
However, certain elements of traditional Christian theology are centered on Mary, and the degree of emphasis that those elements receive can be very telling about Mary's actual role in the religion. For example, the connection between female chastit Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth
Ross
Master of Science, Mental Health Counseling, College, January, 2008
Clinical Psychology
Anticipated; December, 2016
The health hazards that are associated with adolescent Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth
Clinical Psychology
The health hazards that are associated with adolescent alcohol use are well documented, and there is growing recognition among policymakers and clinicians ali Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth
Clinical Psychology
The health hazards that are associated with adolescent alcohol use are well documented, and there is growing recognition among policymakers and clinicians ali Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth
Clinical Psychology
The health hazards that are associated with adolescent alcohol use are well documented, and there is growing recognition among policymakers and clinicians ali Continue Reading...
religions throughout the world. It is interesting to explore Judaism and determine its general belief system, the types of Judaism and the meanings of its four cornerstones.
General Beliefs
Jewish followers believe "actions are more important than Continue Reading...
Nursing and Jewish Faith
Currently, about 6 million Jewish reside in the U.S. These Jews might subscribe to the Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform paths of Jewish faith, or they might be secular and non-aligned. Even though devout customs and degrees Continue Reading...
Naturally, this is a major difference compared to Christianity and Catholicism which regard the New Testament as a more authoritative biblical text.
Conservative Jews also observe kashrus, but many of them distinguish between keeping kosher in the Continue Reading...
The Hasidic Jews are extremely pious and their numbers are small around the world. Each of these sects has relatively different views of their faith and values, but they all consider themselves bound as Jews beyond their specific beliefs.
It is als Continue Reading...
In fact, Hindus consider their religion not as a form of religion per se, but spirituality in general. Selvanayagam (2005) discussed the Hindu concept of spirituality, which takes into account all possible ways or manner in which enlightenment can Continue Reading...
The popularization of the idea, though was somewhat linguistic in that when speaking of God and the Holy Spirit, different words were used that could mean "person," "nature," "essence," or "substance," -- words that were part of a longer, and far ol Continue Reading...
Furthermore, when groups began people naturally turned to the group leader for direction and advice. It would be accurate to state that most of the relating was to the group leader at that point. However, by exercising linking behavior, I was able Continue Reading...
But the rabbi could also serve as the connection between a Jewish ghetto and the surrounding Christian community. This dual raised status of rabbis made their role the most enviable in the community. But the shifts in French society that occurred in Continue Reading...
Description
The service I attended was a Shabbat (Sabbath) on the morning of Saturday, June 2 at the Beth Shalom temple. I arrived at 9:50 for the 10AM start. The congregants were dressed with varying degrees of formality, and most arrived in family Continue Reading...
As girls were not allowed to lead religious services -- and still aren't in Orthodox congregations -- the concept of the bat mitzvah is less rotted in religious tradition and ceremony. There were often parties held to celebrate a girls entrance into Continue Reading...
e., after Kohn's death). In a way, Stanislawski is asking the reader to completely forget about contemporaneous elements of the case.
There was one man who was accused, went to trial and was convicted of Kohn's murder, but this was appealed and over Continue Reading...
Islam
Select a Religion
Religion is considered to be belief and acts of worship, which concentrates on worshiping a deity and gives a detailed and comprehensive outline for the way of living. It teaches the difference between good and evil, right Continue Reading...
Social Work
Exercise
The imaginary recording helped me to examine the language that I use commonly, and listen for embedded biases. I noticed that I assumed that the client could hear me and see me, rather than acknowledge the fact that the client Continue Reading...
Orthodoxy and the Canon
In order to most effectively examine the pivotal events and movements that took place which influenced the foundation of orthodox Christianity and the formation of its canon, one must first understand the zeitgeist that was Continue Reading...
There are also some words that are used, which do not translate into English such as privacy. This is because the cultural traditions of Russia do not understand such concepts, which makes translating certain ideas more challenging. (Richmond, 2009, Continue Reading...
It was on a Friday night, and the room was mainly made up of older individuals, although there were a few single men and some families with children. Many of them seemed to know one another well, and laughed and talked. When they approached me as a Continue Reading...
Religions and Development
It is popularly believed that countries, where religion has major influence in governance, tend to develop slower than those where religious beliefs are not a main influence or consideration. This statement uses the cases o Continue Reading...
That was a term that was used only later by historians and others that talked about that particular period of time in German history (Kolb, 2004). Those who were involved with the Republic called it the German Reich (Peukert, 1993). From the point o Continue Reading...
The Albeck edition includes an entire volume by Yellin detailing his eclectic method.
Two institutes at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have collected major oral archives which hold extensive recordings of Jews chanting the Mishnah using a varie Continue Reading...
Gnostics believed that they belonged to the "true church" of an elect few who were worthy; the orthodox Christians would not be saved because they were blind to the truth.
Part E -- Content - if we then combine the historical outline of the "reason Continue Reading...
anti-Semitism. What is it? What is its historical development? Why has it persisted until the present day? What has been the role of Christianity in the continuation of anti-Semitism?
Michel Molloy's text Experiencing World Religions offers powerfu Continue Reading...