Is it possible to be a Jew in Isolation of a Jewish community?

If someone studied torah - but did not mix with any jewish community - though observes everything. Could such a person be considered a Jew?Is it possible to be a Jew in Isolation of a Jewish community?
Of course they can, but why would they? You can become an American citizen and not live among Americans, but why would you? Why not enjoy the benefits and protections provided to American citizens? Judaism is about life here on earth, not something in the future that no one can know anything about. If it's warm fuzzies you're looking for, stick with Christianity! It's not easy to be a Jew. You would have many more obligations to fulfill with no promise of rewards.





You can easily be a Christian in total isolation because Christianity is about personal salvation. Judaism is a communal group that works together for each other's benefit.





From ';Judaism for Everyone'; by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach:


Some people believe that the principal goal of man is personal salvation. To them man鈥檚 first concern must always be to climb the mountain of righteousness for himself, to ensure that his every act and thought is just and pure. Judaism rejects this view. From the vantage point of Judaism, it is not personal salvation but world redemption that is man鈥檚 first responsibility. Therefore, when man comes before God to express his deepest desires, when he calls forth his most private thoughts, he must do so in the company of the community. For although his words remain private, his prayers must not be only for himself.


.Is it possible to be a Jew in Isolation of a Jewish community?
A person is Jewish if: their mother is Jewish, or they convert to Judaism. If they are in one of these two categories then they are Jewish, even if they never meet another Jew in their entire lives and even if they never pick up a prayer book.





FIFI - how strange. I can only assume there must be two countries, both called Israel, because certainly the one you describe is not the one in which I used to live. So either you have been living somewhere entirely different and have got the name wrong, or else you are a little liar who has never set foot in the real Israel.





Gosh, now I wonder which of these it is....
I don't know...but non-Ashkenazi or non-White Jews are considered minorities without equal rights in Israel...for eg. the Arab Jews and the Ethiopian Jews...the current state of Israel is a racist state. You're a Jew if you practise and believe in Judaism...but know this, alot of Jews (Israelis or not) are not Zionists, and there are even Rabbis who have denounced Zionism, stating it as racist. Modern Zionism has barely anything to do with the Torah or Judaism.
Of course. Why wouldn't they? Judaism is a religion, not who your friends are.
You're Jewish if you're mother is Jewish.





To LIVE as a Jew should, you need to have a Jewish community. Certain rituals require a group of Jews. Traditional Torah study is done in a group, or at least with a partner.





The medieval Jewish sage, Maimonides, taught that a Jew depends on his/her community to sustain his/her Judaism.





Hillel, the Talmudic sage, summarised the whole of Judaism as ';Love of your fellow Jew';. You'd need some fellow Jews around to do that.





Judaism is gregarious and communal, not isolationist in nature.





Besides, where will you get good chicken matzah ball soup if you don't live in a Jewish community ; )
..I agree with Fifi....half my family is Jewish on my Dad's side so I'm not....Thank God cos I condemn Israeli Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide.








It's Bizarre, Primitive, Hocus Pocus and YHWE was the biggest Warmonger in History....Hence the Jewish Persecution of Palestinians
The answer is yes. Those who say that you're Jewish by virtue of your mother being Jewish are correct; those who say that it's about what you do, not who your friends are, are also correct.





However, it is **extremely difficult** to fully practice Judaism in the total absence of a community. In order to say certain prayers, for example, there must be a minimum of ten adult males (or ten people, depending on your level of observance). Without other people around, celebrating Passover would be awfully lonely, and observing the High Holydays would be virtually impossible. Having said this, I recently read a story about the last Jew in an Eastern European city. I don't remember where he was, but he and another man were the only two Jews in the town (and apparently hated each other) until one of them died. This person is clearly now totally isolated from a Jewish community, but is most certainly Jewish.
no. you will be a idiot wasting time