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Jews in Indonesia presently form a very small Jewish community of about 500–1,000, from a nadir of about 20 in 1997. [ 2 ] Judaism is not recognized as one of the country's six major religions , however its practices are allowed under Perpres 1965 No. 1 and article 29 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of Indonesia . [ 3 ]
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UIJC has coverage of 8 areas across Indonesia from Sumatra to Papua [110] The first Indonesian Jewish Rabbi, Rabbi Benjamin Meijer Verbrugge (Dr. Benny Meijer) came from UIJC. He got his smicha/ordination as Para Rabbi by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg and Rabbi Steven Jules Peskind from Rodfei Kodesh Jewish Learning Institute Chicago in 2013, and he ...
Through the centuries, they also established Jewish communities in eastern parts of Asia. There are some Jews who migrated to India, establishing the Bene Israel, the Baghdadi Jews and the Cochin Jews of India (Jews in India); and the former Jewish community in Kaifeng, China. Here is a partial list of some prominent Asian Jews, arranged by ...
[17] [18] Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, [19] [20] as Judaism is their ethnic religion, [21] [22] though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. [23] [24] [25] Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. [23] [26]
Rather, he asserted, the beliefs of Judaism, although revealed by God in Judaism, consist of universal truths applicable to all mankind. Rabbi Leopold Löw (1811-1875), among others, took the opposite view, and considered that the Mendelssohnian theory had been carried beyond its legitimate bounds.
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