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Judeo-Paganism, Jewitchery (from the terms Jew and witch), or Jewish Neopaganism is a term for a hypothetical combination of Neopaganism and Judaism. The possibility of the concept was discussed in 1994 in series of articles in Green Egg, a US-based Neopagan magazine.
Judeo-Paganism would be expected to merge Judaism, Neopaganism, the Kabbalah and polytheistic Canaanite religion. There have been some online discussion groups and personal websites on the topic; current organizations include the Primitive Hebrew Assembly[1] and others listed in a Witchvox article on the movement.[2]
Nurit Zaidman identifies it as a postmodern form of Jewish feminism.[3]
Purportedly, there exists a Judeo-Pagan group in Israel, known as Am Ha Aretz (עם הארץ, lit. "People of the Land", a rabbinical term for uneducated and religiously unobservant Jews), "Amha" for short. Elie Sheva, according to his own testimony an "elected leader of AMHA" reportedly founded an US branch of the group, known as "Primitive Hebrew Assembly".[4]
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[edit] References
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America by Rosemary Skinner Keller (Editor), Rosemary Radford Ruether (Editor), Marie Cantlon (Editor) - Indiana University Press (April 4, 2006) ISBN 0253346851, ISBN 978-0253346858
- Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism by Rabbi Gershon Winkler - North Atlantic Books (January 10, 2003) ISBN 1556434448, ISBN 978-1556434440
- Magickal Judaism: Connecting Pagan & Jewish Practice by Jennifer Hunter - Citadel (July 1, 2006) ISBN 0806525762, ISBN 978-0806525761
- van der Toorn, Karel (1995). Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible.. New York: E.J. Brill. ISBN 0-80282-491-9.
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- Engelberg, Keren (October 30, 2003) When Witches Blend Torah and Tarot reprinted in The Jewish Journal (July 21st, 2008)
- Jacobs, Jill Suzanne. "Nice Jewitch Girls Leave Their Brooms in the Closet" in the The Forward, Oct 31, 2003
- Michaelson, Jay (Dec 09, 2005) "Jewish Paganism: Oxymoron or Innovation?" in The Jewish Daily Forward,
- Raphael, Melissa (April 1998) Goddess Religion, Postmodern Jewish Feminism, and the Complexity of Alternative Religious Identities Nova Religio, Vol. 1, No. 2, Pages 198–215 (abstract can be found at: Caliber: University of California Press)
- Various authors. "Jewish Paganism" in Green Egg, Winter 1994 (Volume 27 #107)
- "Judaism as a Tribal Identity" by Jeff Rosenbaum; one of a series of articles on Jewish Paganism by various authors in Green Egg, Winter 1994 (Volume 27 #107)
