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Reform Judaism

NOUN
  1. the most liberal Jews; Jews who do not follow the Talmud strictly but try to adapt all of the historical forms of Judaism to the modern world
  2. beliefs and practices of Reform Jews

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  • He fell away from Reform Judaism, the religious stream with which his family had long been affiliated.
  • Non-Orthodox Jews are rediscovering the mikvah (ritual bath), and Reform Judaism's growing interest in ritual practice is particularly striking considering the movement's founding rejection of such "ideas entirely foreign to our present [1880s] mental and spiritual state. Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community?
  • While rabbis may have encoded the tenets of Reform Judaism in documents like the Pittsburgh Platform (1885), clubwomen implemented the new emphasis on meaningful ceremonial and social reform. Club Movement in the United States.
  • Marmur, vice-president of Hebrew Union College, a Reform Judaism institution, called the rabbinical declarations "shameful, harmful and wrong. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
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