RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Zecharias Frankel, Humanistic Judaism, Jewish Holidays
2 Dec 2017
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Sunday, october 1, 2017: understand the mishanh and two versions of the talmud to be written forms of. Jewish history by retaining meaningful symbols and customs is important: humanistic judaism, removes god from the picture all together, to foster a positive jewish identity, intellectual integrity and ethical behaviour . In liberal synagogues, the bimah or pulpit, is set before the ark, facing the congregation: cantor (hazzan) leads the worship and faces in the same direction as the congregation, the bimah is in the centre. Christianity: jews became targets of violent popular persecutions called pograms, they were beaten, tortured, and killed. Russian secret police and purported to be the minutes of a meeting at which members of a jewish conspiracy had discussed a secret plan for global domination: eventually was revealed to be fraudulent. Theodor herzl: had become persuaded that a zionist movement was necessary during the.
