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    service...

    I've never been to a Jewish humanist shul, but I've read that they tend to sing familiar cultural songs that don't really reference God, and sometimes include things like Israeli pop. Some reading you might find relevant: Humanist Bat Mitzvah...
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    Jews, do you believe the Zohar and Kabbalah to be the word of G-d?

    Alan, are you a breslover, a casual student of hasidus, or other?
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    Jews, do you believe the Zohar and Kabbalah to be the word of G-d?

    Hi Alan. :) I don't, but I don't believe Torah is the word of God either. However, I do still consider the mystical texts of Judaism to be very important sacred texts, alongside Torah. I'm abstaining because I don't think the poll captures the nuance of my position.
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    Do you have questions about Traditional Judaism?

    http://www.myjewishlearning.com/ideas_belief/afterlife/AE_Messianism_TO.htm More reading on messianism and the messiah in Judaism up top on the left, underneath the highlighted word "messianism."
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    Question: Overview on Jewish Mysticism?

    Oops. Forgot the last link: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Rels463/Rels463_index.html
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    Question: Overview on Jewish Mysticism?

    Ramchal's 138 Openings of Wisdom: http://www.barmitzva.org/Kabbalah/138_Openings.htm Reb Yitzchak Ginsburgh's Site: http://inner.org/ Bnei Baruch: http://www.kabbalah.info/ Bunch of general info and primary sources: http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/tradition/kabbalahindex.htm...
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    Anyway I can learn more

    I think one of the most balanced sources on Judaism is http://myjewishlearning.com as it includes articles from the different denominational perspectives within Judaism, and has a ton of pages. Dauer
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    What are the Differences

    Deut, All I said is that your above statement is misleading, which it is. By leaving out principles of significant importance to Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism, you give a misleading view of what Reform and Reconstructionist Jews actually believe. What you've just said is also...
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    What are the Differences

    Deut, what you say is a little misleading. Reconstructionists, for example, may agree that there are 613 mitzvot, but they would not says, "God gave these to us." They would say that they are a part of the unique contribution of the Jewish civilization, and they would translate mitzvot as...
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    What the hell are we????

    I tend to think of Judaism as a tribal religion. I don't think it's healthy to refer to ourselves as a race because of the implications of that term, nor reasonable to say ethnicity because of its common application. Tribal religion, however, seems to fit just fine. The term makes reference to...
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    Transmigration of Souls

    Not a new religion, no. My problem is with the political structure of the denominationsl system. I think most people are much more interested in how a shul conducts its services and what kinds of divrei Torah they're going to hear than anything else. The theological boundaries which separate us...
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    Forbidden Magic

    I don't know the reason why, but I would guess it might have to do with more people dedicating themselves to tikkun olam.
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    Forbidden Magic

    I'd never heard of the Abramelin book. I looked it up and this is what I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abramelin It looks more hermetic than Jewish. Agrippa also looks to be hermetic, and not Jewish. From a bio on him "Agrippa's thought unites the streams of classical Neoplatonic and...
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    Forbidden Magic

    However, the Talmud sends a mixed message about astrology. Onein as I have understood it has specifically to do with judging one time favorably, or one time unfavorably. And that type of astrology is forbidden. Learning about oneself through astrology is not. There are also ways to get around...
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    Transmigration of Souls

    I wouldn't say that Jewish Renewal is primarily focused on trying to unify the different denominations. It's a little bit more like Jewish R&D. These are the principles of Aleph: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal: http://www.aleph.org/principles.html And this is one of the better attempts at a...
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    Transmigration of Souls

    I couldn't fit post-denominational into the space provided. I don't identify with the current denominational system, and think we'd all be better off with a new model. I do, however, sometimes identify with the transdenominational Jewish Renewal movement.
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    Transmigration of Souls

    Your questions will be very much addressed by this FAQ: http://www.pinenet.com/rooster/bta-faq1.html
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    A book - "The Jew in the Lotus"

    A post-denominational Jew tends not to identify with any of the denominations, and wants to see a move toward greater independence from the current denominational structure, which really isn't working very well. There are various groups within post-denominationalism such as the havurah movement...
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    A book - "The Jew in the Lotus"

    I read the book, but it was a while ago. It tends to focus mostly on similarities between Judaism and Tibetan Buddhism as a way of building bridges while not talking too much about differences. But I remember that it does acknowledge that certain theologies are not so widespread in the Jewish...
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    What if?!?!?!

    Reincarnation is an acceptable belief in Judaism. It's called gilgul. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgul and a bit more thorough: http://www.pinenet.com/rooster/bta-faq1.html If anything it would probably only cause me to believe in God more than I do now. dauer
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