Modern Orthodox Judaism A brief overview The philosophy of Judaism is as broad and diverse as its four thousand years would suggest. The past century and a half, however, has clearly been one of the most dramatic times in both Jewish history and Jewish thought. The emancipation of European Jewry, or haskalah, the Holocaust, the rebirth of the State of Israel and the rise of the American Jewish community have all dramatically impacted the way …showed first 75 words of 1636 total…

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