Contemporary Judaism

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cultural tradition form of Judaism religious tradition

Contemporary Judaism is the modern expression of the Jewish religion and culture, shaped primarily by rabbinic tradition and encompassing diverse religious movements and practices worldwide.

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Surface form	Occurrences
American Judaism	1

Statements (98)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural tradition ⓘ form of Judaism ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
centralBelief	Torah as foundational text ⓘ covenant between God and Israel ⓘ ethical responsibility ⓘ importance of mitzvot (commandments) ⓘ monotheism ⓘ
centralText	Halakhic codes ⓘ Midrash ⓘ Siddur ⓘ surface form: Siddur (Jewish prayer book) Talmud ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
hasComponent	Jewish communal life ⓘ Jewish culture ⓘ Jewish ethics ⓘ Halakha ⓘ surface form: Jewish law (Halakha) Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Jewish mysticism Jewish philosophy ⓘ Jewish religious practice ⓘ
hasCulturalExpression	Jewish film ⓘ Jewish foodways ⓘ Jewish humor ⓘ Jewish literature ⓘ Jewish music ⓘ Jewish theater ⓘ Jewish visual arts ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature	high levels of education ⓘ high urban concentration ⓘ significant denominational diversity ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ surface form: Biblical Judaism Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
hasInstitution	Bukharian Jewish Community Center in Queens ⓘ surface form: Jewish community center Jewish day school ⓘ Jewish federations ⓘ surface form: Jewish federation Jewish youth movement ⓘ rabbinical seminary ⓘ synagogue ⓘ yeshiva ⓘ
hasLanguage	Aramaic (liturgical) ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ Ladino ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ local vernacular languages ⓘ
hasMovement	Conservative Judaism ⓘ Haredi Jews ⓘ surface form: Haredi Judaism Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Judaism Humanistic Judaism ⓘ Jewish feminism ⓘ LGBTQ-inclusive Judaism ⓘ Liberal Judaism (UK) ⓘ surface form: Liberal Judaism Masorti movement ⓘ surface form: Masorti Judaism Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ surface form: Open Orthodoxy Orthodox Judaism ⓘ Post-denominational Judaism ⓘ Reform Judaism ⓘ surface form: Progressive Judaism Reconstructionist Judaism ⓘ Reform Judaism ⓘ Renewal Judaism ⓘ Humanistic Judaism ⓘ surface form: Secular Judaism
hasPopulationCenter	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasPractice	Torah study ⓘ acts of lovingkindness (gemilut chasadim) ⓘ communal charity (tzedakah) ⓘ daily prayer ⓘ synagogue worship ⓘ
includesDebateOn	Jewish identity and peoplehood ⓘ LGBTQ inclusion ⓘ gender roles ⓘ intermarriage ⓘ relationship to the State of Israel ⓘ role of Halakha ⓘ
observes	Jewish holidays ⓘ Shabbat ⓘ kashrut (dietary laws) ⓘ life-cycle rituals ⓘ
relatedConcept	Jewish denominations ⓘ Jewish diaspora ⓘ Jewish ethics ⓘ Jewish identity ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ
shapedBy	Holocaust ⓘ Zionism ⓘ emancipation of Jews in Europe ⓘ establishment of the State of Israel ⓘ migration and diaspora ⓘ modernity ⓘ secularization ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabbinic Judaism → dominantFormOf → Contemporary Judaism ⓘ

Sally Priesand → sphereOfActivity → Contemporary Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Judaism