Jewish

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Judaism is the covenant faith of the Jewish people, centered on the Torah and lived through synagogues, rabbis, and the festivals of Israel.

Organizations in This Tradition

Organization Conservative Judaism a movement holding Jewish law as binding while engaging historical scholarship, centered in North America. Organization Karaite Judaism an ancient movement accepting the written Torah and rejecting the oral law of the rabbis. Organization Orthodox Judaism the Judaism of strict Torah observance, including the Hasidic and Modern Orthodox communities. Organization Reconstructionist Judaism a movement understanding Judaism as an evolving religious civilization. Organization Reform Judaism a movement emphasizing ethical monotheism and individual autonomy in practice.

Religious Art & Images

Art Tradition Judaism Principled restraint on cult images, with synagogue art, ceremonial objects, and illuminated manuscripts flourishing inside it. Art Entry The Dura-Europos Synagogue Frescoes The walls of a synagogue on Rome's Euphrates frontier, painted around 244 CE with the whole biblical story in human figures — the standing disproof that ancient Judaism made no religious pictures. c. 244 CE Art Entry The Sarajevo Haggadah A Passover Haggadah illuminated in Barcelona around 1350 — thirty-four miniatures of the biblical story in a Jewish book — treasured, hidden from Nazis and from war, and kept in Sarajevo as the city's emblem of itself. c. 1350 Art Entry The Torah Ark and Its Ornaments The ark that houses the scroll, and the silver that dresses it — crown, shield, pointer, and finials: ceremonial art at the center of synagogue worship, governed by the principle of beautifying the commandment. Medieval to contemporary (the type)

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