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This is a list of Orthodox synagogues around the world. In the United States and Canada, many Orthodox synagogues are affiliated with Chabad , the National Council of Young Israel , or the Orthodox Union .
Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically , it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah , both Written and Oral , as literally revealed by God on Mount Sinai and faithfully transmitted ever since.
Areas and locations where Orthodox Jews live in significant communities. These are areas that have within them an Orthodox Jewish community in which there is a sizable and cohesive population, which has its own community organizations, businesses, day schools, yeshivas and/or synagogues that serve the members of the local Orthodox community and may at times be the majority of the population.
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi with the title "Rosh Yeshiva" (Head of the Yeshiva).
Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews (2 C, 4 P) B. Baalei teshuva (1 C, 116 P) C. Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish comedians (7 P) Converts to Orthodox Judaism (29 P) F.
Among Ashkenazi Jews they are traditionally called shtiebel (שטיבל, pl. shtiebelekh or shtiebels, Yiddish for "little house"), and are found in Orthodox communities worldwide. Another type of communal prayer group, favored by some contemporary Jews, is the chavurah ( חבורה , pl. chavurot , חבורות ), or prayer fellowship.
The Rebbes of Chabad have issued the call to all Jews to attract non-observant Jews to adopt Orthodox Jewish observance, teaching that this activity is part of the process of bringing the Messiah. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson issued a call to every Jew: "Even if you are not fully committed to a Torah life, do something.
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America was founded as a lay synagogue federation in 1898 by Rabbi Henry Pereira Mendes.Its founding members were predominately modern, Western-educated Orthodox rabbis and lay leaders, of whom several were affiliated with the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), which originated as an Orthodox institution to combat the hegemony of the Reform movement.