Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform. Orthodox would be the most religious, Conservatism.
being middle of the road, and Reform being the least practiced.
Josh grew up into the Orthodox beliefs because of his grandparents. Josh's.
grandparents, his father's mother and father, were Orthodox. His mother's, mother and.
father were Conservative. Eventually his mother and father switched over to the.
Conservative beliefs. The Orthodox beliefs would show the in the center and the women on.
the outside. They viewed women as caretakers. There are three temples in the city of.
Toledo. B'NAI Israel which is the conservative temple. Josh attends this temple. JCC,.
Jewish Community Center, which is the Reformer temple. And, Etz Chay, the Orthodox.
temple. As a child his parents were not strict followers. They didn't celebrate Sabbat.
every Friday but did celebrate all the holidays of Judaism. Josh went Sunday to school.
every Sunday to learn about the Jewish religion, and he went to Hebrew school every.
Tuesday and Thursday. At the age of thirteen, Josh celebrated Bar Mitzvah. .
The Worship procedures are conducted from the Torah, which is actually the Bible. The.
only difference is they read the lessons in Hebrew. Since Josh is not full practice of.
Judaism, he has a hard time following along. Since the Jewish religion does not believe.
in Christ, they believe that Jesus was born a Jew. They do not celebrate the birth of.
Christ, Christmas. I asked Josh did this effect him growing up?, His peers mostly.
celebrating Christmas. As it turns out, his peers were jealous of him. Being able to.
receive gifts seven days in a row and being able to take off more school than the other.
children. Josh in turn was very envious of his peers being able to receive their gifts.
all at once. The questioned was asked what did your family do on December twenty fifth? .
"It was a normal day for my family. We went to the movies as a family." Josh.
