Judaism and Amercanization

Question 1

Judaism Basics

Answer 1

God: Monotheistic
Scripture: Torah (Hebrew Bible)
1st 5 books of The Bible 
Divine Laws: Mitzvot (commandments)
613 w/n Torah
Ethical/ Ritual Behavior
Israel: Land, ppl, covenant

Question 2

Shabbat

Answer 2

Holy Days for rest and worship
Friday at Sunset until Saturday Sunset
Fam meal on Fri night; wine/ candles, Challah bread, tablecloth, prayer
Diff interpretations of ‘rest’

Question 3

Major Jewish Festivals

Answer 3

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: New yr, blowing of Shofar, Day of atonement
Sukkot: Commemoration of 40 yr in wilderness; harvest festival
Passover: Festival of deliverance; redemption from slavery in egypt
Shavuot: 50 days after passover

Question 4

Judaism in America

Answer 4

Reform Judaism: assimilation, ethics, vernacular worship
Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1873)
Hebrew Union College (1875)
Conservative Judaism “Middle Way”

Question 5

Jewish traditions in America

Answer 5

E Europe Jewish Migration
Orthodox judaism: response to reform, conservative, ethnic enclaves
Hasidic Judaism: E European migrants, ultratraditional (strict ritual observance), Yiddish

Question 6

Pittsburgh Platform

Answer 6

Statement of American Reform Judaism 1885

Question 7

Mary Antin

Answer 7

1881-1949
Jewish immigrant to US, @ 13
Wrote “The Promise Land” 1912