MODERN

DENOMINATIONS
OF JUDASIM
From Living Judaism by Rabbi Wayne Dosick
Orthodox Judaism
 Mainstream Judaism
 Belief in the direct revelation of divine law which
was recorded in the Torah
 It is eternal, unchanging, and the sole guide for life
 Carefully and strictly observe the commandments as
the direct will of God
 Ultra-Orthodox assert that complete separation from
secular society
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Chasidism—Sect of Orthodox
Famous for their dress. From eastern Europe in the early 18th C. Emphasizes both
contemplative meditation and fervent joy.
Lubavitch Chasidism (Chabad) is contemporary American Chasidism
Reform Judaism
 Early 19th C. Germany
 Assert authorship of Torah to Divinely inspired
human beings
 Modern worship mostly in vernacular
Conservative Judaism
 Response to Reform mid to late 19th C. Europe
 Agree that change was necessary but felt Reform
had eliminated too many basic Jewish practices
 Motto is “tradition and change”
 Fiddler on the Roof
Reconstructionist Judaism
 Early 1920s in US by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan
 Judaism is not merely a religion, but an evolving
religious civilization, a peoplehood, a culture, as
well as a faith community
All of Judaism
 To accept Torah and fulfill its mitzvot
 To embrace the ethical mandate of Judaism
 To regulate existence to Judaism’s rituals & observances
 To support Jewish causes
 To be a devoted member of the Jewish community
 To maintain a bond and a sense of mutual interdependence with the
Jewish Land
 To feel a connection to Jewish history
 To be committed to the creative survival of the Jewish future