Varients in Judaism

What is a varient?

Two or more people or things that have slight differences in opinions. The three major varients or streams in Judaism are conservative, Orthodox and reform (liberal or progressive).

Orthodox	Conservative	Progressive
No driving on Saturdays	Women and men can sit together in the synagogue	Less strict and relatively new
Don’t accept the changes of reformed Jews	Believe Jewish laws can be changed	They are allowed to marry other religions
Women and men separated in the synagogue for prayer and rituals	moderate	Don’t believe the torah was written by god and given on tablets of stone
most traditional with lots of rules and are very strict		Allows people to live a contemporary life in modern society

For each statement below write wether they are orthodox, conservative or progressive:

• relaxed practice fits in society Progressive
• Individual praying and occasional conversation in service Progressive
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  Traditional beliefs but addressing contemporary needs Conservative
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  Men and women sit seperately  in the synogogue Orthodox
• Men and women sit together and participate fully in service, prayer and richuals Conservative and Progressive
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  Women do not practice in richuals Orthodox
• English used for part of the service Progressive
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  Strict dress and dietry laws Orthodox
• They always worship in Hebrew Orthodox
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  Women can lead services and can become Rabbis Progressive