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| '''Jewish Science''' is a ] spiritual ] comparable with the ]. Many of its members also attend services at conventional ]s.<ref name="jweekly.com"> |
'''Jewish Science''' is a ] spiritual ] comparable with the ]. Many of its members also attend services at conventional ]s.<ref name="jweekly.com">{{cite magazine | last=Horowitz | first=Sarah | url=https://jweekly.com/1998/01/16/jewish-science-groups-explore-karma-reincarnation/ <!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20060321164425/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/7792/edition_id/148/format/html/displaystory.html --> | title=Jewish Science groups explore karma, reincarnation | magazine=Jewish Bulletin of Northern California | publisher=San Francisco Jewish Community Publications | date=16 January 1998}}</ref> | ||
| It is an interpretation of ] that was originally conceived by ] Alfred |
It is an interpretation of ] that was originally conceived by Rabbi ] in the early 1900s in response to the growing influence of ] and the New Thought Movement. Rather than the paternal God figure encountered in ] tradition, "Jewish Science views God as an energy or force penetrating the reality of the universe. God is the source of all reality, and not separate from but a real part of our world."{{r|jweekly.com}} His fundamental teachings are found in his 1916 book ''Jewish Science: Divine Healing in Judaism''. The movement was institutionalized in 1922<!-- according to two of the references quoted below --> with Rabbi ]'s founding of the Society of Jewish Science.{{sfn|Umansky|2005|p=104}} | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| Thanks to radio broadcasts on ] and the establishment of the ''Jewish Science Interpreter'' ] the movement attracted numerous adherents, thereby helping its rise to prominence in the Jewish community. | |||
| Jewish Science shares several principle beliefs with ] and the ] movement, and it is intended to function as a counterweight to the ] elements in both of these movements and strictly maintain its Jewish identity. It was founded by Alfred G. Moses, ] and ] in 1916. It emphasizes the role of ], "] ]" and "Right thinking" as ] methods essential to a Jew's physical and spiritual health,<ref name="jweekly.com"/> but does not rule out the importance of medical intervention - unlike Christian Science. Jewish Science also incorporates ], and concepts about ] similar to beliefs developed in the New Thought movement. Thanks to radio broadcasts on ] and the establishment of the ''Jewish Science Interpreter'' ] the movement attracted numerous adherents, thereby helping its rise to prominence in the Jewish community. Today the Society's "Home Center" and synagogue is located in midtown Manhattan, NY. The Society also maintains a congregation in Los Angeles California. Also many study groups around the country which focus on each of the main texts of Jewish Science.<ref name="jweekly.com"/> | |||
| In 1938, ] became the spiritual leader of the Society of Jewish Science in New York, making her the first Jewish American woman to serve as the spiritual leader of an ongoing Jewish congregation, although she was not ordained.<ref name="tehilla">{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/lichtenstein-tehillah |title=Tehilla Lichtenstein {{pipe}} Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1938">{{cite web |url=http://jwa.org/thisweek/dec/04/1938/tehilla-lichtenstein |title=This Week in History - Tehilla Lichtenstein becomes leader of Society of Jewish Science | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date=1938-12-04 |accessdate=2012-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101050518/http://jwa.org/thisweek/dec/04/1938/tehilla-lichtenstein |archive-date=2013-11-01 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| Currently, the Society's "Home Center" and synagogue is located in midtown Manhattan, NY.{{cn|date=January 2022}} The Society also maintains a congregation in Los Angeles California, and many study groups around the country which focus on each of the main texts of Jewish Science.{{r|jweekly.com}} | |||
| ==Affirmative prayer== | ==Affirmative prayer== | ||
| {{New Thought beliefs}} | {{New Thought beliefs}} | ||
| Lichtenstein found ] to be particularly useful because, he believed, it provided the personal benefits of prayer without requiring the belief in a supernatural God who could suspend the laws of nature. |
Jewish Science leader ] found ] to be particularly useful because, he believed, it provided the personal benefits of prayer without requiring the belief in a supernatural God who could suspend the laws of nature.{{sfn|Umansky|2005|p=104}} He considered affirmative prayer to be a method to access inner power that could be considered divine, but not supernatural. He taught that the origins of affirmative prayer can be found in the Hebrew Bible's Book of ], and that affirmations, or affirmative prayers, are best offered in silence.{{sfn|Umansky|2005|p=104}} | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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== Citations == | ||
| {{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
| == References == | |||
| ==Main Text of Jewish Science== | |||
| * Jewish Science and Health: The text book of Jewish Science, Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein. ISBN 0-943745-00-4 | |||
| === Primary sources === | |||
| * Jewish Science: Divine healing in Judaism with special reference to Jewish scripture and prayer, Rabbi Alfred G. Moses. | |||
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| * Jewish Science: Psychology of health, joy and success or the applied, Rabbi Alfred G. Moses. | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1916 | last=Moses | first=Alfred G. | title=Jewish Science: Divine healing in Judaism | publisher=Author | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AbCV5bkCIEC}} | |||
| * Applied Judaism, Tehilla Lichtenstein. ISBN 0-943745-08-X | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1920 | last=Moses | first=Alfred G. | title=Jewish Science: Psychology of Health, Joy and Success: Or, The Applied Psychology of Judaism | publisher=Searcy & Pfaff | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_stAAAAYAAJ}} | |||
| * Peace of Mind, Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein. ISBN 0-943745-01-2 | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1925 | last=Lichtenstein | first=Morris | title=Jewish Science and Health: Text book of Jewish Science | publisher=Jewish Science Publishing Company | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kL0sAAAAIAAJ |isbn=0-943745-00-4}} | |||
| * How to Live, Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein. ISBN 0-943745-02-0 | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1927 | last=Lichtenstein | first=Morris | title=Peace of Mind: Jewish Science Essays | publisher=Jewish Science Publishing Company | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_MGAQAAIAAJ |isbn=0-943745-01-2}} | |||
| * The Healing of the Soul, Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein. ISBN 978-0-943745-05-3 | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1934 | last=Lichtenstein | first=Morris | title=Judaism: A presentation of its essence and a suggestion for its preservation | publisher=Jewish Science Publishing Company | isbn=978-0-943745-03-9}} | |||
| * Healing the Distressed, Rabbi Steven J. Kaplan. ISBN 0-943745-03-9 | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1938 | last=Lichtenstein | first=Morris | title=Joy of Life: Jewish Science Essays | publisher=Jewish Science Publishing Company | isbn=0-943745-04-7}} | |||
| * Judaism, Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein. ISBN 0-943745-03-9 | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1957 | last=Lichtenstein | first=Morris |title=How to Live | publication-place=New York |publisher=Society of Jewish Science |isbn=978-0-943745-02-2}} | |||
| * Joy of Life, Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein. ISBN 0-943745-04-7 | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1974 | last=Lichtenstein | first=Morris | title=The Healing of the Soul | publisher=Society of Jewish Science | isbn=978-0-943745-05-3}} | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1989 | last1=Lichtenstein | first1=Tehilla | last2=Friedman | first2=Doris | title=Applied Judaism: Selected Jewish Science Essays | publisher=Society of Jewish Science |isbn=978-0-943745-08-4}} | |||
| * {{cite book | date=1998 | last1=Lichtenstein | first1=Morris | last2=Kaplan | first2=Steven J. | title=Healing the Distressed: A Jewish Approach | publisher=Society of Jewish Science | isbn=978-0-943745-13-8}} | |||
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| === Secondary sources === | |||
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| * {{cite book | last=Umansky | first=Ellen M. | date=2005 | title=From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-504400-3 | doi=10.1093/0195044002.001.0001}} | |||
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| == Further reading == | |||
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| * {{cite magazine | last=Joselit |first=Jenna Weissman | title=Prayer Fare: A Look Back at 'Jewish Science' | magazine=The Forward | issn=1051-340X | date=4 February 2005 | url=https://forward.com/news/2890/prayer-fare-a-look-back-at-e2-80-98jewish-science-e2-80-99/ | access-date=26 September 2023}} | |||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| * - Jenna Weissman Joselit, ''The Forward'' | |||
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| * , published January 16, 1998 | |||
| * - book, history of the movement; subscription required for full text. | |||
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Jewish Science is a Judaic spiritual movement comparable with the New Thought Movement. Many of its members also attend services at conventional synagogues.
It is an interpretation of Jewish philosophy that was originally conceived by Rabbi Alfred Geiger Moses in the early 1900s in response to the growing influence of Christian Science and the New Thought Movement. Rather than the paternal God figure encountered in Hebrew tradition, "Jewish Science views God as an energy or force penetrating the reality of the universe. God is the source of all reality, and not separate from but a real part of our world." His fundamental teachings are found in his 1916 book Jewish Science: Divine Healing in Judaism. The movement was institutionalized in 1922 with Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein's founding of the Society of Jewish Science.
History
Thanks to radio broadcasts on WMCA and the establishment of the Jewish Science Interpreter magazine the movement attracted numerous adherents, thereby helping its rise to prominence in the Jewish community.
In 1938, Tehilla Lichtenstein became the spiritual leader of the Society of Jewish Science in New York, making her the first Jewish American woman to serve as the spiritual leader of an ongoing Jewish congregation, although she was not ordained.
Currently, the Society's "Home Center" and synagogue is located in midtown Manhattan, NY. The Society also maintains a congregation in Los Angeles California, and many study groups around the country which focus on each of the main texts of Jewish Science.
Affirmative prayer
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Jewish Science leader Morris Lichtenstein found affirmative prayer to be particularly useful because, he believed, it provided the personal benefits of prayer without requiring the belief in a supernatural God who could suspend the laws of nature. He considered affirmative prayer to be a method to access inner power that could be considered divine, but not supernatural. He taught that the origins of affirmative prayer can be found in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Psalms, and that affirmations, or affirmative prayers, are best offered in silence.
See also
- Divine Science
- List of New Thought writers
- List of New Thought denominations and independent centers
- Religious Science
- Unity Church
Citations
- ^ Horowitz, Sarah (16 January 1998). "Jewish Science groups explore karma, reincarnation". Jewish Bulletin of Northern California. San Francisco Jewish Community Publications.
- ^ Umansky 2005, p. 104.
- "Tehilla Lichtenstein | Jewish Women's Archive". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- "This Week in History - Tehilla Lichtenstein becomes leader of Society of Jewish Science | Jewish Women's Archive". Jwa.org. 1938-12-04. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
References
Primary sources
- Moses, Alfred G. (1916). Jewish Science: Divine healing in Judaism. Author.
- Moses, Alfred G. (1920). Jewish Science: Psychology of Health, Joy and Success: Or, The Applied Psychology of Judaism. Searcy & Pfaff.
- Lichtenstein, Morris (1925). Jewish Science and Health: Text book of Jewish Science. Jewish Science Publishing Company. ISBN 0-943745-00-4.
- Lichtenstein, Morris (1927). Peace of Mind: Jewish Science Essays. Jewish Science Publishing Company. ISBN 0-943745-01-2.
- Lichtenstein, Morris (1934). Judaism: A presentation of its essence and a suggestion for its preservation. Jewish Science Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-943745-03-9.
- Lichtenstein, Morris (1938). Joy of Life: Jewish Science Essays. Jewish Science Publishing Company. ISBN 0-943745-04-7.
- Lichtenstein, Morris (1957). How to Live. New York: Society of Jewish Science. ISBN 978-0-943745-02-2.
- Lichtenstein, Morris (1974). The Healing of the Soul. Society of Jewish Science. ISBN 978-0-943745-05-3.
- Lichtenstein, Tehilla; Friedman, Doris (1989). Applied Judaism: Selected Jewish Science Essays. Society of Jewish Science. ISBN 978-0-943745-08-4.
- Lichtenstein, Morris; Kaplan, Steven J. (1998). Healing the Distressed: A Jewish Approach. Society of Jewish Science. ISBN 978-0-943745-13-8.
Secondary sources
- Umansky, Ellen M. (2005). From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0195044002.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-504400-3.
Further reading
- Joselit, Jenna Weissman (4 February 2005). "Prayer Fare: A Look Back at 'Jewish Science'". The Forward. ISSN 1051-340X. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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