Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Orthodox Judaism/Archive1

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[edit] Articles to look at

Regarding refactoring, etc., I don't know which category these would best fit into (considering overlap), but these are some articles that I think could be improved in accordance with this project:

  • Haredi Judaism (improvements to be made re. development of Chareidi Judaism, varying beliefs and positions within Chareidi Judaism, etc.)
  • Jews as a chosen people (currently oversimplifies and confuses distinctions among Orthodox Jews re. chosenness; doesn't clarify underlying philosophies behind the concept, nor does it sufficiently clarify the concept itself)
  • Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Declared himself Moses? Godhead? This should be scrutinized.)
  • Joseph Soloveitchik (currently provides fundamentally left-wing account of Rabbi Soloveitchik)
  • Chabad (most especially Chabad#Controversies; currently severely POV and factually deficient)

HKT talk 01:30, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Question: Why the need for this latest project by User:Ezra Wax, also, doesn't he know that it's "Haredi" and not "Chareidi" on Wikipedia as in Haredi Judaism? Do we really need this split from Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism at the present time since a number of editors here seem to be Haredi and have not felt the need for a "split off"...yet? This move is premature at this time. IZAK 05:38, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Is one of the goals of this WikiProject to make a "Chareidi-friendly" wikipedia?Akerensky99 03:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fiery Furnace

I'd like to try to clean up and improve the pages about the story of the fiery furnace. The story of the fiery furnance has a lot of importance in the Jewish and Christian traditions, and had has a lot of cultural impact; Wikipedia ought to have better information about it. I've started by poking at the pages and suggesting some merges; I'd appreciate any help from project members on whatever relating to this subject, but specifically to help avoid sectarian bias in the articles and include a lot of solid information about many perspectives. Please leave any comments on the talk page of fiery furnace. Thanks! -- Tetraminoe 14:06, 30 December 2005 (UTC)