[Crossposted to cahwyguy and weirdjews]
In the past, I haven’t posted a change log for the
S.C.J. FAQ. I’m going to try it, at
least for this round of updates. Please, if you have corrections to these
items, please let me know. In general, these changes arise either from comments
mailed to me, or questions I get asked (and thus have to answer). Note also
that if you are reading this FAQ from www.faqs.org, or any of the other sites
that grab it from the newsgroup, you’re reading an out of date version. I’ve
stopped posting the newsgroup version because of some generation problems I
haven’t tracked down. Note: Many of the new answers are derived from answers
given Rabbi Micha
Berger, who helps me with the FAQ. Micha has
a blog that is syndicated on
LiveJournal as
In any case, here is the current round of changes:
-
Noted the receipt of the 2005
Spirit and Sky Top Site Award. -
2.6. What about other
movements? Added an additional reference. -
2.21. How many Jews
are there today in the U.S.A.? Updated the answer to provide a pointer to a
2002 population survey by state. -
6.2 How can I learn
about Kashrut? Is there a “Kosher” FAQ? Added Hamakor Judaica as a kosher
food supplier. -
8.37. What are all
the observances that Orthodox Jewish women are commanded to participate in
during the course of the year? New question and answer. -
8.38. What is the
traditional role of women in the decision making in the family? New
question and answer. -
8.39. What are the
origins of the Women’s Passover Seder? New question and answer. -
11.6.10. Can
pregnant women attend a funeral? Updated answer. -
12.31. How does
tithing work in Judaism? Fixed which tithes are performed on which years,
based on a mailed in correction from Gary Newsum. -
12.46. In the case of
a fire or other emergency, who should save the Torah from the synagogue?.
New question and answer. -
13.5. Who are
Crypto-Jews (also known as “marranos”)? Clarified the origin of the term
Marrano. -
15.3. How do I get
tickets to see the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum? Updated
information on getting tickets. -
17.9. Do the majority
of Jews recognize the basis for the Christian God as arising from the same
basic God, despite the inherent differences? Fixed an error in the first
paragraph. -
18.1.5. How is
Reform Judaism structured in the rest of the world? Updated contact and
organization information for the UK. -
General Reading
List: Where Can I Get These Books From? Removed a list of publishers that
has gone away.
