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.

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

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 Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Haredi Jews

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 Centrist Orthodoxy ⓘ
Open Orthodoxy ⓘ
Religious Zionist Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Religious Zionism

Torah uMadda Orthodoxy ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment (Haskalah) ⓘ
linked to: Haskalah

Neo-Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Neo-orthodoxy

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook ⓘ
linked to: Abraham Isaac Kook

Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer ⓘ
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ⓘ
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch ⓘ
institutionalExpression Bar-Ilan University ⓘ
Bnei Akiva youth movement ⓘ
linked to: Bnei Akiva

Orthodox Union ⓘ
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ⓘ
Rabbinical Council of America ⓘ
Yeshiva University ⓘ
languageOfReligiousTexts Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
majorCenter Israel ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (58)

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

Jonathan Sacks → movement → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Haskalah → influenced → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Contemporary Judaism → hasMovement → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Contemporary Judaism → hasMovement → Open Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Religious Zionism → associatedWith → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Cardozo School of Law → religiousAffiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Lithuanian Jewry → contributedTo → modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism → hasSubgroup → Centrist Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism → hasSubgroup → Torah uMadda Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Yeshiva University → religiousAffiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Mayim Bialik → religiousPractice → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Henry Pereira Mendes → movement → modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Jewish denominations → hasPart → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Hapoel HaMizrachi → religiousStream → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Moshe Feinstein → influenced → American Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Mafdal → religiousOrientation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Yeshiva → associatedWithCommunity → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
North American Jewish community → hasReligiousStream → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Joseph B. Soloveitchik → movement → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Pico-Robertson → hasReligiousCommunity → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Great Neck Synagogue → religiousOrientation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Eliezer Berkovits → movement → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Jewish culture → hasComponent → Modern Orthodox culture ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Irving Greenberg → denomination → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
United Synagogue → religiousOrientation → Modern Orthodox ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Immanuel Jakobovits → movement → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Jakobovits
Torah uMadda → religiousMovementContext → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Torah uMadda → defendedBy → Modern Orthodox thinkers ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Samson Raphael Hirsch → influenced → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
Orthodox Union → denomination → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Union → ideology → Modern Orthodox ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Azriel Hildesheimer → movement → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer
Rabbinical Council of America → denomination → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinical Council of America → religiousOrientation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinical Council of America → ideology → Modern Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Wilf Campus → affiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Yeshiva College → religiousAffiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Sy Syms School of Business → religiousAffiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Ari Berman → religiousDenomination → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Maccabees → religiousAffiliationOfUniversity → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Beren Campus → religiousAffiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Stern College for Women → religiousAffiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Washington Heights campus → affiliation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Bernard Revel → movement → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbi Bernard Revel
Kemp Mill Synagogue → religiousTradition → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Yeshivat Har Etzion → religiousOrientation → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Mayim Chaya Bialik → hasReligionPractice → Modern Orthodox Judaism (formerly) ⓘ
linked to: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Jewish communities → haveReligiousDenomination → Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ