Modern Orthodox Judaism

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Modern Orthodox Judaism is a Jewish religious movement that combines strict adherence to traditional Jewish law with a positive engagement with modern secular culture, education, and society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious movement
denomination of Orthodox Judaism
stream of Judaism
approachToGenderRoles some communities expand women’s Torah study
some communities support limited women’s ritual leadership
varies by community
contrastedWith Conservative Judaism
Haredi Jews
surface form: Haredi Judaism

Reform Judaism
corePrinciple Torah uMadda
participation in general society
positive engagement with modern secular culture
religious Zionism (in many segments)
strict adherence to halakha
value of secular education
emergedInCentury 19th century
emergedInRegion Central Europe
Germany
emphasizes integration of religious and secular knowledge
observance of mitzvot
professional careers in wider society
study of Torah
university education
hasSubgroup Modern Orthodox Judaism self-linksurface differs
surface form: Centrist Orthodoxy

Open Orthodoxy
Religious Zionism
surface form: Religious Zionist Orthodoxy

Modern Orthodox Judaism self-linksurface differs
surface form: Torah uMadda Orthodoxy
influencedBy Haskalah
surface form: Enlightenment (Haskalah)

Neo-orthodoxy
surface form: Neo-Orthodoxy

Abraham Isaac Kook
surface form: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
surface form: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
institutionalExpression Bar-Ilan University
Bnei Akiva
surface form: Bnei Akiva youth movement

Orthodox Union
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbinical Council of America
Yeshiva University
languageOfReligiousTexts Aramaic
Hebrew
majorCenter Israel
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
religiousBranchOf Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
sacredText Shulchan Aruch
Talmud
Tanakh
later halakhic responsa
selfDescription engages with contemporary culture while remaining fully halakhic
seeks synthesis of Torah and modernity
typicalPractice daily prayer with traditional liturgy
family purity laws
keeping kosher
modest dress codes
observance of Shabbat
wearing of kippah by men
viewOnDemocracy generally supportive
viewOnHalakha binding and authoritative
open to some halakhic responsa addressing modern conditions
viewOnScience generally accepting of modern science
viewOnSecularStudies positive
sees secular knowledge as valuable
viewOnStateOfIsrael often aligned with religious Zionism
often supportive of the State of Israel

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Jonathan Sacks movement Modern Orthodox Judaism
Haskalah influenced Modern Orthodox Judaism
Contemporary Judaism hasMovement Modern Orthodox Judaism
Contemporary Judaism hasMovement Modern Orthodox Judaism
this entity surface form: Open Orthodoxy
Religious Zionism associatedWith Modern Orthodox Judaism
Cardozo School of Law religiousAffiliation Modern Orthodox Judaism
Lithuanian Jewry contributedTo Modern Orthodox Judaism
this entity surface form: modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism hasSubgroup Modern Orthodox Judaism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Centrist Orthodoxy
Modern Orthodox Judaism hasSubgroup Modern Orthodox Judaism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Torah uMadda Orthodoxy
Yeshiva University religiousAffiliation Modern Orthodox Judaism
Mayim Bialik religiousPractice Modern Orthodox Judaism
Henry Pereira Mendes movement Modern Orthodox Judaism
this entity surface form: modern Orthodox Judaism
Jewish denominations hasPart Modern Orthodox Judaism
Hapoel HaMizrachi religiousStream Modern Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein influenced Modern Orthodox Judaism
subject surface form: Moshe Feinstein
this entity surface form: American Orthodox Judaism
Mafdal religiousOrientation Modern Orthodox Judaism
Yeshiva associatedWithCommunity Modern Orthodox Judaism