{"id":3191,"date":"2024-10-16T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/?page_id=3191"},"modified":"2024-10-16T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T17:44:32","slug":"judaism-and-jewishness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/","title":{"rendered":"Judaism and Jewishness"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Jewish Affairs Working Group Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/about-the-working-group\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">About the Working Group<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Judaism and Jewishness<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/understanding-antisemitism\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Understanding Antisemitism<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/recommended-resources\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Recommended Resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-judaism-and-jewishness\">Judaism and Jewishness<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following educational content was compiled by the Jewish Affairs Working Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1266\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is Judaism and Jewishness?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These terms encompass religious, cultural, and ethnic sets of identities that span thousands of years. They are the sum total of all of the diverse elements and identities that make Jews distinctive, including teachings and discourses, sacred texts and commentary, food, dance, rituals, and music. This includes religious traditions as well as cultural histories, heritages, and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An excellent short video produced by Harvard Divinity School used in their online course called <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2sOzmBAaCHA?si=Y0bg0ykNPlzeIBCS\">\u201cJudaism Through Its Scriptures\u201d<\/a> provides a short overview of key beliefs and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who are the Jews?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living in diaspora and exile existences, Jews have lived in varied political, cultural, and racial identities and contexts across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern Jews identify in various ways, from different religious commitments (such as Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist, or Reformed) to secular identities embracing cultures and ethnicities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inclusive of this diversity of identities, Jewish people comprise about 0.2% of the global population with between 15-16 million people. The two largest Jewish populations live in the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"parent":3183,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judaism and Jewishness - Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judaism and Jewishness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-16T17:44:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/\",\"name\":\"Judaism and Jewishness - Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/31\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-16T17:43:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-16T17:44:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.butler.edu\\\/www\\\/sites\\\/31\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/08105107\\\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.butler.edu\\\/www\\\/sites\\\/31\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/08105107\\\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg\",\"width\":2250,\"height\":1266},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/judaism-and-jewishness\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jewish Affairs Working Group\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/jewish-affairs-working-group\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Judaism and Jewishness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/\",\"name\":\"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion\",\"description\":\"Building a culture of inclusion\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/31\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/butler-logo-main-4.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/31\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/butler-logo-main-4.png\",\"width\":636,\"height\":58,\"caption\":\"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.butler.edu\\\/diversity-equity-inclusion\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Judaism and Jewishness - Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Judaism and Jewishness","og_url":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/","og_site_name":"Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion","article_modified_time":"2024-10-16T17:44:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/","url":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/","name":"Judaism and Jewishness - Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-16T17:43:57+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-16T17:44:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Passover-pic_new-edited.jpg","width":2250,"height":1266},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/judaism-and-jewishness\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jewish Affairs Working Group","item":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/jewish-affairs-working-group\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Judaism and Jewishness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/","name":"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion","description":"Building a culture of inclusion","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/#organization","name":"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion","url":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/butler-logo-main-4.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/butler-logo-main-4.png","width":636,"height":58,"caption":"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3251,"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3191\/revisions\/3251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}