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"Tradition and change" is the Conservative movement's motto, balancing adherence to Jewish law with a willingness to introduce major innovations.

Themes and Theology of the Jewish Body. The Jewish Body. Jewish Body Traditions.

Early Jewish texts affirmed the universal fraternity of humankind, while asserting the importance of Jewish distinctiveness.

A modern phenomenon.

A historian traces the origins of the term.

Civil rights and wrongs.

When tolerance became profitable

Court Jews were purveyors who provided food, fodder, and munitions to the European courts in return for special privileges.

Ancient Jewish Thought. Ancient Jewish History. Jewish History and Community.

Overview of the basic story of Jewish history from 539 BCE through 632 CE.

Jewish law mandates a healthful lifestyle.

If it does not serve a legitimate medical purpose, cosmetic surgery is frowned upon by the Jewish legal tradition.