Thumbnail Origins of the Jewish Renewal Movement

Thumbnail Origins of the Jewish Renewal Movement Spanish Exodus School of Spinoza (16th Century) Chmielnizki Massacres (17th Century) (17th Century) Sabbatianism (17th Century) First serious revolt in Judaism ... ; the first case of French Revolution: mystical ideas leading to the disintegration of Orthodox Emancipation: Judaism, encouraging a mood of religious anarchism Political Emancipation led to the end creating a moral and intellectual atmosphere favorable ~ of the Jewish political ghetto. The to the Reform Movement and the Hassidic Movement. Emancipation movement sought the integration of Jews into the political, socioeconomic and cultural structures of the emerging national states in H ass1 ism Europe and America. (19th Century) The Hassidic Movement centering around the charismatic leadership of the tzadik or Enlightenment: Rebbeelevated the religious dignity of ght the integration of Judaism into "simple Jews" (including that of women) e new intellectual currents of the and rejected the elitism of traditional West - the critical temper, rationalism, rabbinic Judaism. Religious enthusiam and Reform and the new historical awareness. innerness takes prevalence over Talmudic (19th Century) study and punctilious Halakhic Advocated an increasingly radical observance. redefinition of all forms of Jewish Religious life. Holocaust (20th Century) Conservative Movement Establishment of State of Israel Othodox Movement (20th Century) Jewish Feminism: 60's Communitarianism: Helping to make more whole the Torah, and heal the brokenness and loss of faith occasioned by rampant sexism within the Jewish tradition. Reasserted the need for small community affiliations to heal the intensifying isolation of i ;•mculbrre Havurah Movement Reconstructionist Movement Eastern Influences: Helped to heal the brokenness and loss of faith occasioned by secularization and the Holocaust. Jewish Renewal Movement SOURCES: The Modern Jewish Experience ed. by Wertheimer, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism by Scholem, Paradigm Shift by R. Zolman Schachter-Sholomi