r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Sep 18 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/demureape Non-Jewish Ally Sep 18 '24

for religious jews, has this past year shaken your view of your religion? do you feel more or less religious? have recent events made you want to learn more about torah judaism or even islam?

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u/specialistsets Non-denominational Sep 18 '24

Zionism is not about religion, it was founded as a secular political movement. Anecdotally I have seen both Zionists and anti-Zionists embrace Judaism more in the past year. As an aside, "Torah Judaism" isn't a thing, it is a catchphrase used by many different Orthodox groups to refer to their own view of authentic/acceptable Judaism. There is a group that has been active on social media that uses the term to refer to theological anti-Zionism, but there are many other Orthodox groups who use the term in ways that are unrelated to Zionism.

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u/demureape Non-Jewish Ally Sep 18 '24

i thought that torah jews do not treat the written collections of the oral tradition in the Talmud as binding.

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u/ezkori Ashkenazi, American, raised in orthodoxy, currently cultural Sep 18 '24

Nope- the groups you are thinking of are either the Samaritans, a sister religion of Judaism that predates the Talmud, or Karaite Judaism which is an offshoot of Judaism