Ultra-Orthodox Jews, for instance, who believe with all their heart that the Torah as practiced today is the literal word of God, do not experience mitzvah observance as a choice. Accordingly, I would argue that even observant Jews who do not believe in the literal truth of Torah from ...
This study demonstrates a conflict of interest ("battle of sexes" construct) between ultra-Orthodox Jewish (UO) females and males. Methods: The study is based on a panel dataset of up to four measured points in time (2012, 2013, 2014–2015, and 2016) generated by the Israeli Central ...
All of the ultra-religious groups in Jerusalem, not only the ultra-orthodox Jews, operate under very similar ideals. Many people here are upholding traditions and beliefs that have survived thousands of years, and it is important to them to hold their traditions and ideals sacred. It is not ...
With the exception of Hasidic and other ultra-Orthodox communities, whose cultural distinctiveness often marks them for particularly vicious attacks, most American Jews of European descent, for good or bad, have become pretty well assimilated and functionally white. ...
Only an open bottle. That's why at kosher tastings, all the servers behind the tables are observant Jews (often students drafted in for the purpose). What about in the vineyard – do pickers have to be observant? No – grapes in their natural state are automatically kosher. It's when ...
the Bratzlaver hasidim have continued rebbe-less. They speak of Nachman in the present tense and reread his thirteen stories from one generation to the next. In the ultra-Orthodox quarter of Jerusalem's Mea Shearim, one can find Rebbe Nachman's intricately carved chair-broken into small piec...
” Barkay tells me that volunteers by the hundreds arrive each week to help with the sifting—even ultra-Orthodox Jews, who traditionally oppose archaeological excavations in the Holy Land. “They say all the evidence is in the [scriptural] sources, you don’t need physical proof. But they...
building on their high level of Jewish literacy. And it is not uncommon for those within and outside the Orthodox community to simply think of Mussar as a rebuke or advice. While this literal translation of the word Mussar is correct, it misses the lovingly transformative nature of the practi...
A much more popular theory in the early church (including Jerome and Augustine) was that it meant something like “supersubstantial” — or spiritual — and referred to the bread of the Eucharist. This is still one of the preferred interpretations in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches....
None of the ultra-Orthodox or right-wing parties took part. The covenant says Israel must "foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants." Such sentiments, while laudable, are nothing new. "We have experienced talk and declarations that were never implemented,"...