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"Orthodox" and "Jews" don't form a combination. The Jewish religion is "Judaism", whereas the term "orthodox" in religion can refer (as far as I know) only to t

"Orthodox" and "Jews" don't form a combination. The Jewish religion is "Judaism", whereas the term "orthodox" in religion can refer (as far as I know) only to the Eastern branch of Christianity, and _it_does_not_include_ Jews.

dagw 14y ago
"orthodox" simply means conforming to established doctrine, often with an indication on hard line conservatism. You can use orthodox to refer to any especially conservative group in any religion. It is very common to talk about orthodox Jews, Catholics and Muslims. In the context of Judaism it's generally used to means Haredi Judaism, but can sometimes include other conservative groups. The phrase The Orthodox Church does refer to the eastern branch of Christianity, but beyond that there is certain amount of ambiguity in the term.
- masklinn 14y ago
  > You can use orthodox to refer to any especially conservative group in any religion. You can also use it to refer to non-religious contexts e.g. "medical orthodoxy" is simply the established medical order, what is currently accepted as "true medecine". In a religious context, orthodoxy generally designates traditionalists. Without qualifiers, but generally easy to disambiguate through context, "orthodox" is commonly used for both judaism (where it means "traditional") and christianity (where it usually means either "Eastern Orthodox Church" or the distinct "Oriental Orthodox Churches", which split from the "catholic" church in 451 by rejecting the Council of Chalcedon where the Eastern Orthodox Church split from the Catholic Church after 787's Second Council of Nicea)
- ljak 14y ago
  > In the context of Judaism it's generally used to means Haredi Judaism, but can sometimes include other conservative groups. That's actually a common misconception. While all "Haredim" (ultra-Orthodox) are Orthodox Jews, the majority of Orthodox Jews do not belong to this group. In fact, nearly all Jews in Israel are technically Orthodox (that is, they have their Bar/Bat Mitzvas in Orthodox synagogues, have weddings performed by Orthodox rabbis, etc.), even if they are almost entirely secular. In the US and Western Europe, there are two other popular denominations— Conservative and Reform.
kgo 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism

dagw 14y ago

"orthodox" simply means conforming to established doctrine, often with an indication on hard line conservatism. You can use orthodox to refer to any especially conservative group in any religion. It is very common to talk about orthodox Jews, Catholics and Muslims. In the context of Judaism it's generally used to means Haredi Judaism, but can sometimes include other conservative groups. The phrase The Orthodox Church does refer to the eastern branch of Christianity, but beyond that there is certain amount of ambiguity in the term.

masklinn 14y ago
> You can use orthodox to refer to any especially conservative group in any religion. You can also use it to refer to non-religious contexts e.g. "medical orthodoxy" is simply the established medical order, what is currently accepted as "true medecine". In a religious context, orthodoxy generally designates traditionalists. Without qualifiers, but generally easy to disambiguate through context, "orthodox" is commonly used for both judaism (where it means "traditional") and christianity (where it usually means either "Eastern Orthodox Church" or the distinct "Oriental Orthodox Churches", which split from the "catholic" church in 451 by rejecting the Council of Chalcedon where the Eastern Orthodox Church split from the Catholic Church after 787's Second Council of Nicea)
ljak 14y ago
> In the context of Judaism it's generally used to means Haredi Judaism, but can sometimes include other conservative groups. That's actually a common misconception. While all "Haredim" (ultra-Orthodox) are Orthodox Jews, the majority of Orthodox Jews do not belong to this group. In fact, nearly all Jews in Israel are technically Orthodox (that is, they have their Bar/Bat Mitzvas in Orthodox synagogues, have weddings performed by Orthodox rabbis, etc.), even if they are almost entirely secular. In the US and Western Europe, there are two other popular denominations— Conservative and Reform.

kgo 14y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism