This portion of the FAQ contains answers to the following questions:

                                 Section 2:
                                 Who We Are
                                      
    1. [5]Who reads the soc.culture.jewish newsgroups?
    2. [6]What are the major Jewish movements?
    3. [7]What is Conservative Judaism?
    4. [8]What is Orthodox Judaism?
    5. [9]What is Reform/Progressive Judaism?
    6. [10]What about other movements?
    7. [11]What are some of the Orthodox sub-groups?
    8. [12]What is Chassidism and how does it differ from other Orthodox
       groups?
    9. [13]What is Lubavitch Chasidism and Chabad?
   10. [14]What is Breslov Chasidism?
   11. [15]What is Satmar Chasidism?
   12. [16]What other forms of Chasidism?
   13. [17]What are OCR (O-C-R) wars? Why all the flames?
   14. [18]But Reform Judaism isn't Judaism? Why don't they see that?
   15. [19]But Orthodox Judaism isn't Judaism? Why don't they see that?
   16. [20]Why shouldn't I say "ultra-Orthodox", "Reformed Judaism", or
       "Humanist Judaism"?
   17. [21]How does a Chassid differ from Misnagid?
   18. [22]What is a "Torah Jew?" 
   19. [23]What about homosexual Jews?
   20. [24]Is it true that Jews are all (fill-in-the-blank)?
   21. [25]How many Jews are there today in the U.S.A.?
   22. [26]How many Jews are in the world?
   23. [27]Who was the first Jew?
   24. [28]What is Judaism all about?

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