Talk:Jewitchery

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I am currently e-mailing folks for help on this new page, as I don't know as much on this topic as some folks might. I am a Reform Jew (with some interest in Paganism) in the middle of a largely Conservadox enclave at Rutgers University, and am therefore not in as good a position as some others might be (such as Melissa Oringer, for example) to tell the movement's story (if it has a story). Rickyrab 20:22, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)

so, while the intro claims that these are groups trying to reconstruct Ancient Near Eastern (pre-Mosaic) paganism, there is no such evidence in the links. "Judeo-Pagans" seem to be simply Wiccans with a Jewish background. Is there any actual reconstructivist group? Otherwise I do not see how this is notable as different from Wicca, it could just be merged there as a comment that some Wiccans have a Jewish background. dab (ᛏ) 11:54, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Since I started this page, I noticed that a lot of the online references to "Judeo-Paganism" have become sporks of this article. OTOH, I do notice various Judeo-Pagans with weblogs here and there, and the sporks extend to the Pagan Wikipedias that are floating around out there. Have I inadvertently made a hitherto nonnotable topic notable? I dunno. I suspect it may have been notable to begin with, just as a high school is notable to its students and alumni, but who knows? Should we fold this into Natib Qadish? — Rickyrab | Talk 03:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

It sounds as if Judeo-Paganism is distinct from both Natib Qadish and Wicca. It is true that some Wiccans have a Jewish background (e.g. Starhawk), but they are not necessarily practising Judeo-Wicca. Presumably to be a Judeo-Pagan, you would have to be focussing mainly on the relevant deities, rather than a selection of deities from different mythologies as is often the case in Wicca. Judeo-Paganism sounds a bit similar to Christian Wicca. I also heard about an attempt to create Muslim witchcraft - I don't know how many people are into that, though. I guess this is just another case of Syncretism. yewtree1968 | Talk

It does seem that "Judeo-Paganism" is distinct from both Natib Qadish and Wicca. However, "Judeo-Paganism", if I am reading the intent of the original author correctly, is the Reconstructionst Pagan (Polytheistic Reconstructionism) religion based on pre-monotheistic Judaism. Ridan 02:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Alrighty; to clarify my comments above: It seems the original author intended this article to be a discussion about a Reconstructionist form of Hebrew religion. Later, somebody else edited the page about a form of Jewish Wicca, or somesuch. I think this page should be about the Reconstructionist religion, and the Jewish Wicca material moved to a new page or to the Wicca page. Ridan 06:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

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The point of the template is that Judeo-Pagans use the original pre-monotheistic mythological deities listed in template. It is not inappropriate, and continued removal without discussion on the talk page is vandalism. Could some other editor please restore the template? IPSOS (talk) 19:20, 13 July 2007 (UTC)