Word: judiasm
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...Conservatism is Judiasm?s third-largest branch, with some 1,600 rabbis worldwide. It is poised theologically between the liberalism of Reform Judaism and the (small-c) conservatism of Orthodoxy. On the upside, today?s decision reaffirmed Conservatism?s de facto position as America?s Jewish center, minding Jewish law but sensitive to shifts (in this case, toward greater tolerance) in the national social mainstream. On the downside, it also suggested once again that the center may not hold, and Conservatism itself may be increasingly split down the middle. As soon as the votes were taken, three members...
...native of Potomac, Md., Paretzky grew up attending the small Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School—her father is Jewish and her mother, who is black, converted to Judiasm before she was born...
...AALARM points out, traditional Judiasm, like Christianity, does prohibit homosexual activity. Judiasm does not, however, prohibit homosexuals. This distinction is obviously lost on AALARM, which called for the exclusion of homosexuals from Harvard and their imprisonment in last week's postering campaign. Such personal attacks are anathema to the entire Jewish tradition; our history has taught us to resist hate and persecution and to defend others who are victims of hate and persecution...
Goodman and Alyssa S. Fishman '91 founded the theatrical group to give those Jewish students unable to work in college productions because of their religious beliefs a chance to act. Orthodox Judiasm prohibits work on Saturdays, and "a lot of plays hold their performances on Saturdays which means that observant Jews can't participate," said Daniel A. Burstein '91, an actor in the performance...
...Hejaz or Hijaz is classical Arab for barrier: hence in its geographical significance it denotes Judiasm and Christianity in Palestine and Mohammedanism in Arabia...
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