Haredi Jews

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Jewish religious community Orthodox Jews religious denomination

Haredi Jews are members of a strictly observant Orthodox Jewish community characterized by rigorous adherence to Jewish law, distinctive traditional dress, and social separation from secular society.

Aliases (6)

Statements (296)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish religious community → Orthodox Jews → religious denomination →
alsoKnownAs	ultra-Orthodox Jews →
characterizedBy	conservative social values → distinctive traditional dress → emphasis on Torah study → gender segregation in many public religious settings → large family size → social separation from secular society → strict adherence to Jewish law → strict observance of Halakha → use of Yiddish in many communities →
demographicTrend	high birth rate →
dressCode	black hats for many men → black suits for many men → head coverings for married women → modest dress for women → payot for many men →
educationModel	separate school systems from general population →
emphasisOn	rabbinic authority → yeshiva education for men →
hasMajorBranch	Hasidic Jews → Lithuanian non-Hasidic Haredim → Sephardi Haredim →
hasPractice	arranged marriages in many communities → community-based welfare networks → daily prayer in quorum (minyan) → limited use of secular media → strict Sabbath observance → strict dietary laws (kashrut) → study of Talmud and rabbinic literature →
ideology	emphasis on spiritual over material pursuits → preservation of pre-modern Jewish tradition → rejection of religious reform movements →
languageUsed	Hebrew → Yiddish → local vernacular languages →
opposedTo	religious modernization → secularization →
originPeriod	19th century Europe →
populationCenter	Afghanistan → Albania → Algeria → American Samoa → Andorra → Angola → Anguilla → Antarctica → Antigua and Barbuda → Argentina → Armenia → Aruba → Ascension Island → Australia → Austria → Azerbaijan → Azores → Bahamas → Bahrain → Bangladesh → Barbados → Belarus → Belgium → Belize → Benin → Bermuda → Bhutan → Bolivia → Bonaire → Bosnia and Herzegovina → Botswana → Bouvet Island → Brazil → British Virgin Islands → Brunei → Bulgaria → Burkina Faso → Burundi → Cambodia → Cameroon → Canada → Canary Islands → Cape Verde → Cayman Islands → Central African Republic → Chad → Channel Islands → Chile → China → Christmas Island → Cocos Islands → Colombia → Comoros → Cook Islands → Costa Rica → Croatia → Cuba → Curacao → Curaçao → Cyprus → Czech Republic → Democratic Republic of the Congo → Denmark → Djibouti → Dominica → Dominican Republic → Ecuador → Egypt → El Salvador → Equatorial Guinea → Eritrea → Estonia → Eswatini → Ethiopia → Falkland Islands → Faroe Islands → Fiji → Finland → France → French Guiana → French Polynesia → French Southern and Antarctic Lands → Gabon → Georgia → Germany → Ghana → Gibraltar → Greece → Greenland → Grenada → Guadeloupe → Guam → Guatemala → Guernsey → Guinea → Guinea-Bissau → Guyana → Haiti → Heard Island and McDonald Islands → Honduras → Hong Kong → Hungary → Iceland → India → Indonesia → Iran → Iraq → Ireland → Isle of Man → Israel → Italy → Ivory Coast → Jamaica → Jan Mayen → Japan → Jersey → Jordan → Kazakhstan → Kenya → Kiribati → Kosovo → Kuwait → Kyrgyzstan → Laos → Latvia → Lebanon → Lesotho → Liberia → Libya → Liechtenstein → Lithuania → Luxembourg → Madagascar → Madeira → Malawi → Malaysia → Mali → Malta → Marshall Islands → Martinique → Mauritania → Mauritius → Mexico → Micronesia → Moldova → Monaco → Mongolia → Montenegro → Montserrat → Morocco → Mozambique → Myanmar → Namibia → Nauru → Nepal → Netherlands → New Caledonia → New Zealand → Nicaragua → Niger → Nigeria → Niue → Norfolk Island → North Macedonia → Northern Mariana Islands → Norway → Oman → Pakistan → Palau → Panama → Papua New Guinea → Paraguay → Peru → Philippines → Pitcairn Islands → Poland → Portugal → Puerto Rico → Qatar → Republic of the Congo → Reunion → Romania → Russia → Rwanda → Saba → Saint Barthelemy → Saint Helena → Saint Kitts and Nevis → Saint Lucia → Saint Martin → Saint Pierre and Miquelon → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → Samoa → San Marino → Sao Tome and Principe → Saudi Arabia → Senegal → Serbia → Seychelles → Sierra Leone → Singapore → Sint Eustatius → Sint Maarten → Slovakia → Slovenia → Solomon Islands → Somalia → South Africa → South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → South Korea → South Sudan → Spain → Sri Lanka → Sudan → Suriname → Svalbard → Sweden → Switzerland → Syria → Taiwan → Tajikistan → Tanzania → Thailand → Togo → Tokelau → Tonga → Trinidad and Tobago → Tristan da Cunha → Tunisia → Turkey → Turkmenistan → Turks and Caicos Islands → Tuvalu → US Virgin Islands → Uganda → Ukraine → United Arab Emirates → United Kingdom → United States → Uruguay → Uzbekistan → Vanuatu → Venezuela → Vietnam → Wallis and Futuna → Western Sahara → Yemen → Zambia → Zimbabwe →
religion	Judaism →
religiousLaw	Halakha →
socialStructure	central role of rabbis and rebbes → strong communal leadership →
subgroupOf	Orthodox Judaism →
viewOnZionism	varied, from anti-Zionist to non-Zionist to pragmatic participation in the State of Israel →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Reform Judaism ("Haredi Judaism") → Religious Zionism ("Haredi Judaism") →	differsFrom
Jewish diaspora ("Haredi Judaism") → Jewish diaspora ("Hasidic Judaism") →	hasReligiousExpression
Orthodox Judaism ("Haredi Judaism") → Orthodox Judaism ("Hasidic Judaism") →	includes
Yiddish → Yiddish ("Hasidic Jews") →	usedByCommunity
Haredi Jews ("ultra-Orthodox Jews") →	alsoKnownAs
Musar movement ("Haredi Judaism") →	associatedWith
Hasidism ("Haredi Judaism") →	branchOf
Lakewood Township, New Jersey ("Haredi Judaism") →	hasDominantReligiousOrientation
Haredi Jews ("Lithuanian non-Hasidic Haredim") →	hasMajorBranch
Hasidism ("Satmar") →	hasMajorDynasty
Contemporary Judaism ("Haredi Judaism") →	hasMovement
Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ("Haredi Judaism") →	hasReligiousMovement
Yitzhak-Meir Levin ("Haredi Judaism") →	ideology
Rabbinic Judaism ("Haredi Judaism") →	includesMovement
Kabbalah ("Hasidic Judaism") →	influenced
Beit midrash →	practicedBy