Ashkenazi Hebrew, originating in Central and Eastern Europe, is still widely used in Ashkenazi Jewish religious services and studies in Israel and abroad, particularly in the Haredi and other Orthodox communities.

The principal non-Zionist Orthodox Jewish ( or Haredi ) party, Agudat Israel, recommended to UNSCOP that a Jewish state be set up after reaching a religious status quo agreement with Ben-Gurion regarding the future Jewish state.

The largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism ( Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism ), Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism.

Most Jewish Israelis classify themselves as " secular " ( hiloni ), " traditional " ( masorti ), " religious " ( dati ) or Haredi.

This is indicative of the general population trends among the Jewish community in the Diaspora, but a focus on total population obscures growth trends in some denominations and communities, such as Haredi Judaism.

These groups, broadly, comprise Modern Orthodox Judaism and Haredi Judaism, with most Hasidic Jewish groups falling into the latter category.

* The most common view, held by some Modern Orthodox authorities, and most Haredi Rabbis, rules that all women's prayer groups are absolutely forbidden by halakha ( Jewish law ).

In a ruling of importance for Orthodox women's capacity for legal self-protection under Jewish law, Haredi Rabbi Benzion Wosner, writing on behalf of the Shevet Levi Beit Din ( Rabbinical court ) of Monsey, New York, identified sexual harassment cases as coming under a class of exceptions to the traditional exclusion, under which " even children or women " have not only a right but an obligation to testify, and can be relied upon by a rabbinical court as valid witnesses:

Leaders of the Haredi community have been steadfast in their opposition to a change in the role of women, arguing that the religious and social constraints on women, as dictated by traditional Jewish texts, are timeless and are not affected by contemporary social change.

Rahel Berkovits, an Orthodox Talmud teacher at Jerusalem's Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, states that as a result of such changes in Haredi and Modern Orthodox Judaism, " Orthodox women found and oversee prayer communities, argue cases in rabbinic courts, advise on halachic issues, and dominate in social work activities that are all very associated with the role a rabbi performs, even though these women do not have the official title of rabbi.

* Rahel Berkovits, an Orthodox Talmud teacher at Jerusalem's Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, states that as a result of such changes in Haredi and Modern Orthodox Judaism, " Orthodox women have founded and overseen prayer communities, argue cases in rabbinic courts, advise on halachic issues, and dominate in social work activities that are all very associated with the role a rabbi performs, even though these women do not have the official title of rabbi.

Haredi Jewish youth in Jerusalem, reading a Pashkvil

) The Jewish Telegraphic Agency stopped using the term in the 1990s, substituting " fervently Orthodox " or " Haredi " or both.

In 2000, there were 360, 000 Haredi Jews in the U. S. ( 7. 2 % of the total Jewish population ).

The Jewish population in the Boro Park neighborhood of Brooklyn ( 70, 000 in 1983 ) was also mostly Haredi ( also mostly Hasidim ).

It is this viewpoint that defines the Haredi community's relationship to the larger Jewish community to this day.

For example, since there are so few Haredi physicians, the community will prefer to go to a Modern Orthodox physician, since he or she will have a better understanding of the implications of the treatment in Jewish law ( halakha ).

In some cases, Modern Orthodoxy is perceived as balancing precariously on a very narrow wire between the Jewish and secular worlds: a tenable but, to the Haredi, unnecessary position.

It is not uncommon for Haredi scholars to take advantage of the vast library holdings, including rare manuscripts, in the libraries of Yeshiva University ( Centrist ), the Jewish Theological Seminary ( Conservative ), and Hebrew Union College ( Reform ).

However, a 2007 study published by the University of Manchester asserted that three out of every four British Jewish births are Haredi, who now account for 45, 500 out of around 275, 000 Jews in the UK, or 17 %.

A new joint study of the Jewish Policy Research and the Board of Deputies in 2010 established that there was 9049 Haredi households in the UK.

( 9, 049 households * 5. 9 average Haredi household ) Within the next three decades, the Haredi community is predicted ( by the Board of Deputies ) to be the largest Jewish group in the UK: in comparison with the national average of 2. 4 children per family, Haredi families have an average of 5. 9 children, and as of 2006 membership of Haredi synagogues had doubled since 1990.

* Hasidic Judaism overlaps significantly with Haredi Judaism in its engagement with the secular and commercial world, and as regards social issues.

Consequently, within the world of Haredi Judaism, the English word and title of " Rabbi " for anyone is often scorned and derided, because in their view the once-lofty title of " Rabbi " has been debased in modern times.

Lakewood is also home to Beth Medrash Govoha, a Haredi Yeshiva, which is one of the largest yeshivas in the world.

The Haredi community defends this practice with the argument that Judaism must cultivate Torah scholarship in the same way that the secular academic world does, no matter how high the costs may be financially in the short run, in the long run the Jewish people will benefit from the large number of learned laymen, scholars, and rabbis.

The Haredi world today is a product of different Eastern European Jewish traditions, as they accommodated, or reacted against, their encounter with modern thought and society.

In general, most views in the Haredi world tends to see the Holocaust in line with previous Rabbinic approaches, though there are notable and important exceptions.

Additionally, whereas the Modern Orthodox position is ( generally ) presented as " unquestioned allegiance to the primacy of Torah, and that the apprehension of all other intellectual disciplines must be rooted and viewed through the prism of Torah ", Haredi groups have sometimes compared Modern Orthodoxy with early Reform Judaism in Germany: Modern Orthodox Rabbis have been criticised for attempting to modify Jewish law, in adapting Judaism to the needs of the modern world.

The response of the wider Haredi and Modern Orthodox communities to this belief has been antagonistic ; the issue remains controversial within the Jewish world.

The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation's publications, programs, and hence its goals have been furthered by the wide acceptance and recognition it has gained in the English-speaking Orthodox and Haredi world for its mission of publicizing the importance of the mitzvot (" commandments ") of not speaking lashon hara or the spread of any form of slander:

Little of the split between Hasidim and Mitnagdim remains within the modern Haredi world.

Schools for girls within the Hasidic world share the same values, outlook, methodology, and aims of the non-Hasidic Haredi schools.

These theorists suggest that to some degree, this generated a backlash in the Haredi world, intensifying the Da ' as Torah concept to imply near infallibility for gedolim.

The rise of Hasidic Judaism within Poland's borders and beyond has had a great influence on the rise of Haredi Judaism all over the world, with a continuous influence that has been felt from the inception of the Hasidic movements and its dynasties by famous rebbes until the present time.

The Amshinover Rebbe is widely known within the Haredi world, and is regarded within Hassidic circles for his exceptional Ahavas Yisroel, love of every Jew ; a good example is his warmth towards Shlomo Carlebach and his unconventional followers.

Natan Slifkin ( also Nosson Slifkin ) ( born 25 June 1975 in Manchester, England ), also popularly known as the " Zoo Rabbi ", is a British-born Israeli ordained but non-pulpit serving Orthodox rabbi best known for his interest in zoology, science and for his books on these topics, which are controversial in the Haredi world.

Haredi Judaism is less accommodating to modernity and has less interest in non-Jewish disciplines, and it may be distinguished from Modern Orthodox Judaism in practice by its styles of dress and more stringent practices.

However the non-Hasidic Haredi community of Jerusalem follows the custom that machine-made matzah may be used, with preference to the use of shmurah flour, in accordance with the ruling of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld, who actually ruled that machine-made matzah may be preferable to hand made in some cases.

Haredi Judaism asserts that it may no longer be changed in any fashion.

The term Jewish fundamentalism may refer to militant religious Zionism or Ashkenazi or Sephardi Haredi Judaism.

Although some Haredi rabbis may agree with this idea, the general view of Agudath Israel and many other orthodox rabbis is that for all practical purposes, through participating in the Israeli government, efforts can be made to promote religious Judaism in Israel.

According to local authorities the population may reach 100, 000 by 2020, based on population growth and the building of new apartments to attract more Haredim from older Haredi cities such as Bnei Brak and parts of Jerusalem.

Although presently most functioning synagogue rabbis hold by some rabbinical institution or academy, this was until quite recently not always required, and in fact many Haredi rabbis may not be required to hold a " formal " even though they may occupy important rabbinical and leadership positions.

Although presently most functioning synagogue ( i. e. " pulpit ") rabbis hold semikhah, this was until quite recently not always required, and in fact many Haredi rabbis may possibly not be required to hold a " formal " semikhah even though they may occupy important rabbinical and leadership positions.

The difference has tended to increase the social distance between Haredi and Modern Orthodox Jews, as Haredi Jews who follow the stricter interpretation may find themselves unable to pray in some Modern Orthodox synagogues.

Another reason for this broadening of the term is the fact that many of the leading Israeli Haredi yeshivas ( outside the Hasidic camp ) are successor bodies to the famous yeshivot of Lithuania, though their present-day members may or may not be descended from Lithuanian Jewry.