Conservative Judaism

Judaism is one of the oldest religions that is still widely practiced today. Growing up, I had a few Jewish friends and I was always fascinated with the religious traditions and the reverence for history. For this project, I was interested in learning how a Jewish college student practices their religion. I interviewed Michael Falkenstein, a Jewish 21-year-old college senior. I also interviewed Hanna Taft who is also Jewish and a 21-year-old college senior. Both these students grew up practicing…

When Judaism was founded, its view of a god was much different from those of pre-existing religions. The monotheistic religion viewed God as kind, merciful, and selfless. Other religion’s saw their gods as self-concerning, amoral beings. Judaism’s God also made man. In the Torah, Genesis 1:26-27 states, “And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” From this quote, many conclude that since God made man, then abortion must be a bad…

Judaism is a religion that have been around for centuries. Many people practice this religion there are many different forms of this religion which includes Orthodox, Ultra Orthodox, Hasidic, Conservative, and Reconstructionist. Each group practice the religion a little differently than the other one. Orthodox Jews and Conservative Jews believe in most of the same ideas and is debated that they are the same. One person that classify as Jewish is Adam Sandler. Sandler was born into a Jewish…

Judaism is a monotheistic religion that originated in the Middle East over 3,000 years ago. With only 12 million followers, Judaism has become the world’s smallest religion. The history of Judaism began in the very fertile land of Palestine with the Hebrew people originating from the East. These monotheistic people engaged in endless warfare with neighboring societies which eventually resulted in their enslavement by the Egyptians. Their enslavement set the stage for the infamous Exodus.…

As a devout Christian, I believe that Judaism and Christianity are similar religions, and I wanted to explore what Jews believe in, and how those beliefs translate into their social and political views compared to what Christians believe in present day America. Growing up, I was raised as a Christian so my first exposure to Judaism was in high school. Going to school in South Beach, I was introduced to the very present Jewish communities throughout; many of my closest friends were Jewish and we…

the paper, is to see how Free Will has changed over centuries in Christianity as well as what the different branches of the religions believe in. I will start with the history on how Christianity got started starting from Judaism. The paper is Ancient world (1,000 BCE-600CE) Judaism, which is one of the first religions, starts with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob around 2000 BC, in the Mesopotamian town of Herran. Abraham then moved to Canaan, and then to Egypt, but started fighting with neighboring…

non-Orthodox Jews, the fertility rate is about 1.7 children, while the replacement rate is 2.1. It has also been found that Jewish engagement relies heavily on denomination. It is no surprise that children raised Orthodox are the most engaged, followed by Conservative,…

each festival and the Pilgrimage for them. Beliefs and relationships with God are expressed in Pilgrimage thus connecting God to the Jewish everyday lives and how this is important in their faith. Finally, identifying the divergences which set Conservative Jews and Reform Jews apart in the ways they use Pilgrimage or don’t use Pilgrimage in their faith now. How does Pilgrimage mark…

Growing up as a Jew enmeshed in the conservative movement, I knew very little of actual practical Judaism; practical in the sense of what a Jew actually practices in daily and yearly observances, such as the Sabbath- otherwise known as Shabbat, praying three times a day- morning services, called Shacharit, afternoon services, Mincha, and night services, Maariv, as well as keeping kosher= not mixing milk and meat in anything and waiting one hour after eating dairy before eating meat, and six…

Despite salient critiques on the nature and content of postmodernism , there is still little agreement in any field about the aesthetic criteria defining this avant-garde of artistic movements. Indeed, even the notion that postmodernism retains the nom de guerre “avant-garde” is debatable when considering commentary such as Richard Schechner’s Post-Post-Structuralism? in TDR and hghghghghghg. In her introduction to Postmodernism, an analysis of contemporary visual art, Eleanor Heartney…