What are the various branches of Judaism?

Question

I've read about these:
UltraOrthodox, Orthodox, Modern Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Renewal.

Are these separate from the above,or part of the above:
Chasidim, Lubavitchers, Chabad.

Have I missed some?
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Shshchar??? How do you pronounce your Name? I agree with you about Renewal branch -- I hesitated to include them. They are definitely more political than religious! Michael Lerner of the magazine "Tikkun Olam" seems to be their spokesman, but when he came to our city to speak he wasn't invited to any synagogue -- he spoke at a church.
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Answer 1

Kabbalistic, and United Synagogue (a branch of Orthodoxy). In some countries Conservative is known as Masorti, so you haven't missed it if anyone mentions that name. There's also Jews for Jesus, but that's not really Judaism.

Lubavitchers are part of the Chassidic movement, which I would include as a seperate category.

Answer 2

Chabad and Lubavitch are the same, and are part of the Chasidim, which are all part of the Orthodox. Orthodox is sometimes divided into Ultra and modern, but not by everyone. Renewal I have never heard of, sounds like Baptists trying to convert Jews to jesusian.

Answer 3

Lubavitch and Chabad are two names for the same group.

Lubavitchers are a Chasidic group like Breslov, Belz, and Satmar.

and all Chasidic groups go under the UltraOrthodox/Orthodox title.


Their is a Humanistic Judaism group, but it is beyond me how you can be athiestic and be a branch of Judaims which is a religion.

Their are also the Karaites who are a very old Jewish group.\

wikkipida has a list of all the different denominations.

Answer 4

Looks like you got all of them. I'd put the Chabad-Lubavitch types in a special category. They're Orthodox, but - sort of cultish the way they treat their dearly departed Rebbe.

Answer 5

There are those who are loyal to Torah and those who think they know better.

The former are often known as Orthodox, while the latter are called Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionists, Humanistic, Progressive, Liberal, Ethical Culture, Unitarians.

Answer 6

Yee - sa - khar

or

Yee sas khar

There are Jews who observe more commandments and Jews who as yet observe fewer commandments.

The other distinctions are less relevant.

Answer 7

Shshchar is pronounced Yi-Sa-Ch*-ar all a's read like u in un
*(As in the scottish loch sort of like clearing your throat)

Answer 8

Frum and frei.

But I don't understand. You claim to be Jewish by choice, so you must have learned these details before your conversion.

Please elaborate.


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Answer 9

is worshippin judy the same as judaism
u know, like u wanna eat susie,not sushi...