JEWISH CULTURE PRESENTATION

By: Jarom Bridges, Natalie Forbes, Jillayne Gee and

Maria Swiss

MOVEMENTS WITHIN JUDAISM

Orthodox Jews

Conservative

Reformed

Reconstructionist

COMMUNICATION STYLES

Physical contact as a sign of affection

Warm, outgoing people

Use frank, direct language

Avoid lecturing, like to debate

Believe in fate

KOSHER VS. TREF

Kosher = fit or proper with the religious law

Tref = foods that are ritually unfit

“You must not eat flesh torn (treyfah) by beasts in the

field … “(Ex. 22:31)

EXAMPLES OF KOSHER ANIMALS

Permitted Animals:

Lev. 11:3; Deut 14:6

Cow, goat, sheep, deer,

and antelope

Lev. 11:9; Deut 14:9

Tuna, carp, salmon, and

herring

Lev. 11:13-19; Deut 14:11-

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Chicken, turkey, duck

and goose

Forbidden Animals:

Rabbits, camels, donkeys, or

pigs

Shellfish: lobsters, oysters,

shrimp, clams, and crabs

Vulture, hawk, owl, swan,

eagle, stork and heronine

(or eggs from any of these

birds)

MEAT & MILK

“You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk (Ex. 23:19)

Milk and meat are never eaten in the same meal

Milk may be eaten before meat, but not the opposite

Observant Jews have two separate sets of dishes and

cutlery

SPECIAL OCCASIONS

Shabbat (Sabbath)

Kiddus

Day of Rest

Pesach (Passover)

No leavening

Seder meal

Firstborn fasts

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)

Harvest festival

Meals taken in sukkah

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

Fasting

DIETARY CONCERNS

Increase protein and calcium intake

Decrease fat, cholesterol, and sodium intake

Decrease alcohol intake

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Jews are warm, outgoing people who have a sense

of humor, where possible counselors should tailor

their session to meet those characteristics

Jews generally appreciate language that is frank

and direct

They like to bounce ideas off each other so a wise

counselor would not lecture them during the

session but rather allow the conversation to flow

freely allowing the Jewish client to answer

questions as well as ask them throughout

Most Jews view physical contact as a sign of

affection, for those who are orthodox, shaking

hands with a member of the opposite sex who is

not in your family is seen as inappropriate

Where possible, allow women counselors meet

with Jewish women and vice versa for the men

Very orthodox Jews believe strongly in fate, and

will therefore refrain from speaking words such as

“cancer” for fear that using the word would

predestine them for getting cancer. A counselor

should be courteous of this belief and likewise

refrain from using the names of diseases

Avoid the consumption of blood of animals and birds

Emphasizes the importance of life for all creatures so that the way they are killed is quick and painless

Meat and milk are not consumed during the same meal (it is customary to wait between 10 minutes and 6 hours between the consumption of the two)

Kosher Foods – Food that is proper for consumption

o Must be inspected by an expert and pronounced fit for consumption

o States that the food lacks defects making it unfit for consumption

o Foods must be Kosher in order to consume them

Tref Foods – Foods that are unfit for consumption

o Flesh that is torn by other wild animals o Animals with serious defects in their

vital organs o Everything forbidden under Jewish

dietary law

Because meat and dairy are not to be consumed at the same time (and require long periods of time

between) dairy products are not regularly consumed and may result in calcium deficiencies

Type I Diabetes is the most prevalent genetic disease for Jews

Ulcerative Colitis is another genetic disease prevalent among those with Jewish heritage

Meal Serving Size

Breakfast Orange juice 1 cup

Hard-boiled eggs 1 each

Potato pancakes w/butter and maple syrup 2 pancakes, 1 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp syrup

Morning SnackMatzon cracks w/cheddar cheese 2 crackers, 1 oz. cheese

LunchCoffee 1 cup

Beef tongue 3 oz.

Yams 1 cup

grapes .5 cup

Sugar cookies 2 cookies

Afternoon Snack Bagel w/cream cheese 1 bagel, 2 tbsp cream cheese

Dinner Wine 1 cup

Milk 1 cup

Tabbouleh (see diet anlyasis) 1 serving

Poppyseed cake 1 piece

Gefilte fish 3 oz.

Evening Snack Kasha 1 cup

Jewish One-Day Diet