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EA:  JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL_FAMILY

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 529
Concept definition: The designation of a <NON_EMPTY_SET> of closely related Jewish religious denominations, often ones which were at one time part of a single movement but are now separate religious denominations; Judaism denominational family.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [WCE]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY		 ASHKENHAZI The largest group of Judaism, displaced from Germany, Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine; Ashkenhazi. This sect of Judaism, which is also known as "German-rite" Judaism, is Yiddish-speaking. 1 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07		 JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY		 CONSERVATIVE A movement of Judaism that began in Germany and the United States about 1900 and which opposes Reform Judaism's neglect of the Halakhah; Conservative. 2 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07		 JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY		 ORIENTAL The third largest group of Judaism, displaced from Northern Africa and the Middle East; Oriental. This sect of Judaism is Arabic speaking, and is now mostly in Israel. 3 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07		 JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY		 ORTHODOX Orthodox or Chassidic Judaism. 4  
STD
2005/06/07		 JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY		 REFORM Liberal, Reformed, or Progressive Judaism, mostly in the United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. 5 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07		 JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY		 SEFARDI The second largest division of Judaism; speaking Ladino, dating from medieval Spain but now scattered from North Africa to Afghanistan; Sefardi. This sect of Judaism, which is also known as Shepardi or as "Spanish-rite" Judaism, is Arabic-, Persian-, and Aramaic-speaking. 6 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07		 JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY		 UNAFFILIATED Congregations not affiliated with one of the major groups of Judaism; unaffiliated. 7 IR [WCE]  
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