Haredi Jews

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious community
Orthodox Jews
religious denomination
alsoKnownAs Haredi Jews
surface form: 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 Hasidism
surface form: Hasidic Jews

Haredi Jews self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lithuanian non-Hasidic Haredim

Sephardi Jews
surface form: 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
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Aruba
Ascension Island
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surface form: Bangladesh

Barbados
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Belgium
Belize
Benin
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surface form: Bermuda

Bhutan
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Brunei Darussalam
surface form: Brunei

Bulgaria
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Cameroon
Canada
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Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde

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Chad
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surface form: Channel Islands

Chile
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surface form: Cocos Islands

Colombia
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Cuba
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surface form: Curacao

Curaçao
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surface form: Guernsey

Guinea
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surface form: Guyana

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surface form: Hong Kong

Hungary
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Iran
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surface form: Isle of Man

Israel
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surface form: Ivory Coast

Jamaica
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surface form: Jersey

Jordan
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Mali
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Martinique
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Mexico
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Mongolia
Montenegro
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Morocco
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Myanmar
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Nauru
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Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
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Nigeria
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Norway
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surface form: Saint Barthelemy

St. Helena
surface form: Saint Helena

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surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
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surface form: Sao Tome and Principe

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surface form: Taiwan

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U.S. Virgin Islands
surface form: US Virgin Islands

Uganda
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surface form: United States

Uruguay
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Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna
Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara

Yemen
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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

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Rabbi Moshe Feinstein movement Haredi Jews
subject surface form: Moshe Feinstein
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach movement Haredi Jews
subject surface form: Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv movement Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Rabbi Asher Weiss movement Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski denomination Haredi Jews
subject surface form: Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner religiousMovement Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Beth Medrash Govoha denomination Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Lakewood yeshiva community religiousOrientation Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul denomination Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Agudat Yisrael religiousOrientation Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Agudat Yisrael ideology Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Agudat Yisrael represents Haredi Jews
Yeshiva associatedWithCommunity Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Shtisel depicts Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Haredi Judaism
Har Nof hasMajorityPopulation Haredi Jews
Har Nof hasPopulationGroup Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Ashkenazi Haredim
Har Nof hasPopulationGroup Haredi Jews
this entity surface form: Sephardi Haredim