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    Women in Judaism have affected the course of Judaism over millenia. Their role is reflected in the Hebrew Bible, the Oral Law (the corpus of rabbinic literature)...
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  • In modern Rabbinic Judaism, the traditional method of determining Jewishness relies on tracing one's maternal line. According to halakha, the recognition...
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    Judaism (Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת‎, romanized: Yahăḏūṯ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal...
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  • In Judaism, especially in Orthodox Judaism, there are a number of settings in which men and women are kept separate in order to conform with various elements...
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    practice nowadays among Orthodox Jewish women. In Orthodox Judaism, men are generally not allowed to hear women sing, a prohibition called kol isha (literally...
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    rabbinical ordination. Women as ordained rabbis are prominent in Progressive Jewish denominations, however, in Orthodox Judaism, the matter of ordination...
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    ISBN 978-0-8264-1629-2. Swidler, Leonard (1976). Women in Judaism: The Status of Women in Formative Judaism. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810809048...
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    Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות מסורתית, romanized: Yahadut Masortit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the...
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    of the ribosome. Feminism in Israel Sexism in Israel Women in Judaism Women for Israel's Tomorrow Women of the Wall Women's Party (Israel) Gett: The Trial...
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    Conversion to Judaism (Hebrew: גִּיּוּר, romanized: giyur or Hebrew: גֵּרוּת, romanized: gerut) is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion...
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  • present in Reconstructionist and Reform Judaism, but they also appear in Orthodox Judaism. Gender separation in Judaism Jewish feminism Women in Judaism Kate...
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    Interfaith marriage in Judaism (also called mixed marriage or intermarriage) was historically looked upon with very strong disfavor by Jewish leaders,...
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    Haredi Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות חֲרֵדִית, romanized: Yahadut Ḥaredit, IPA: [ħaʁeˈdi]) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict...
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    Tallitot: How Jewish Prayer Shawls Have Changed Since Women Began Wearing Them". Women in Judaism: Contemporary Writings. 3 (2). University of Toronto...
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  • The subject of homosexuality and Judaism dates back to the Torah. The book of Vayikra (Leviticus) is traditionally regarded as classifying sexual intercourse...
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  • Union for Reform Judaism. As the primary women's organization in the Reform Jewish Movement, WRJ represents tens of thousands of women in hundreds of Reform...
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  • In Judaism, views on abortion draw primarily upon the legal and ethical teachings of the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the case-by-case decisions of responsa...
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  • Forbidden relationships in Judaism (איסורי ביאה Isurey bi'ah) are intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah or rabbinical...
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  • "denominations", include diverse groups within Judaism which have developed among Jews from ancient times. Today in the west, the most prominent divisions are...
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    Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin...
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    towards women, they are treated as women. Androgynos Gender and Judaism Intersex people and religion Intersex people in history "Arachin 4b ~ The Tumtum...
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  • semen in vain (in Hebrew: הוצאת זרע לבטלה) is (according to Orthodox Judaism) a Biblical prohibition derived from (Genesis 38:7), this is explained in the...
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  • United Torah Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות התורה, Yahadut HaTora), often referred to by its electoral symbol Gimel (ג‎), is a Haredi, religious conservative...
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    Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the...
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  • The Union for Traditional Judaism, founded in 1984, is a traditional, Halakhic Jewish outreach and communal service organization. It initially called...
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    Priestess Through Conversations with Contemporary Spiritual Leaders". Women in Judaism. 5 (2). Grenn, D'vorah. "Welcome..." The Lilith Institute. Retrieved...
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  • Buddhism Women in Sikhism Women in Judaism Women in Christianity Women in Islam Women in Mormonism Yoga for women Yogini McDaniel 2004, p. 90. Brown 1998...
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    Marriage in Judaism is the documentation of a contract between a Jewish man and a Jewish woman in which God is involved. In Judaism, a marriage can end...
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    of Parshat Haketoret, a passage often read after the morning service in Judaism. Problems playing this file? See media help. A hazzan (/ˈhɑːzən/; Hebrew:...
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