The Lubavitch movement, also called Chabad, shares many beliefs and traditions with other ultra-Orthodox Jews. Yet its outreach and beliefs set it apart.
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Jewish communities have always followed some different customs in different parts of the world, but the 19th and 20th centuries brought much more dramatic divisions.
A scholar of Jewish history explains why the annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel has such power and meaning.
The Lag BaOmer pilgrimage, in which 45 people died recently, takes place each year to what is believed to be the gravesite of the second-century Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
During the Cold War, the FBI boasted a ‘Judeo-Christian’ heritage in the US but also demonstrated anti-Jewish prejudice.
It’s easy to play on negative stereotypes of Orthodox communities. But it’s unhelpful and out of date.
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Emanuel Ringelblum Professor in Jewish History, University of California, Davis
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Senior Lecturer and Director, Liberal Arts, University of Bristol
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Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies, Hunter College