What are the differences between Orthodox, Constructionist, Reform, and...

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KateJ

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OMG there are, like, VOLUMES describing these differences in detail.

Go to jewfaq.org...I'm pretty sure there's something there.

And, as for the Catholic Priest...OBVIOUSLY never learned what "Pagan" means.
 
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ConvertRuthAsher

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answer: I will return to this question in a few hours - the differences can be a bit long.

Short version: Orthodox is the most strict

Conservative - slightly less. They keep kashrut and wear men and some women wear the kippah at synagogue and prayers

Reform - less than Conservative - the mitzvot (commandments) are left to the individual to determine who they fit into one's life (some, of course are firm - worship of G-d and G-d alone). They drive to synagogue on the sabbath and men and some women wear the kippah at synagogue and prayer but it's optional (most of the Jewish males I know where the kippah)

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Priest - without Judaism, you'd be a priest for Zeus.
 
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Ella

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Honestly?

Do your own research. Google and wikipedia should get you there.
There are plenty of books and articles that attempt to answer your question in a variety of ways, and asking it here is just plain lazy.
 
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mm••Katelyn••mm

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The major are
Orthodox
Conservative
Reform

There is Modern Orthodox, which is abiding the laws of the Torah while still living in the current, secular world.
Conservative is deliberately non-fundementalist, less strict, but still upholds many of the laws.
Reform is the least strict.

Going off from Orthodox, there are Chassidic groups, who came off from the teachings of Baal Shem Tov, often seen as the 'father of Hasidim". He passed it on to the Maggid(Reb. Dov Ber Friedman), and then broke off into many different Hasidic dynasties, such as Chabad, Breslov, Carlebach, etc.
Chassids usually live in Chassidic comunities, and uphold the laws very strictly. They are more insular than Modern Orthodox Jews.
Chassidic Judaism is also more 'mystical' (I guess), many with their own books about Kabbalah (real Kabbalah, not Madonna + hollywood's Kabbalah), such as the Tanya (Chabad).

There is also Reconstructionist Judaism, but I know very little about that, so here's a link (I know wikipedia is not the most reliable, but it gives the gist): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructionist_Judaism
 
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