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By far the largest U.S. Jewish denomination, Reform Judaism has long represented the liberal heart and leanings of American Judaism. The movement was early to embrace interfaith marriage, LGBTQ+ ...
Reform Judaism takes the essence of Judaism, waters it down to almost nothing and serves it as the main dish. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, ...
Reform Jewish rabbis said they expect to adopt standards at their annual meeting in Monterey, Calif., that suggest converts commit to keeping a Jewish home, ...
Reform Judaism began as Jews, eager to enter the modern world, began to reassess their relationship with the inherited tradition, and to create new understandings of Judaism.
Reform Judaism’s emphasis on social justice is an essential part of its identity. Its outward gaze is natively Jewish, for we are forbidden to pray in a sanctuary that does not have windows.
Reform Judaism head: Critics say US Jews can’t have an opinion, then seek our help After addressing Saturday night protest in Tel Aviv, Rabbi Rick Jacobs says he was representing majority of US ...
Coronavirus has turned the Union for Reform Judaism into a wounded giant. A historian explains how it got so big and why it's stayed that way.
By contrast, Reform Judaism – now the largest American Jewish denomination – has experienced a net gain due to religious switching; 28% of current or former U.S. Jews say they were raised as Reform ...
Reform Judaism emerged out of the heady atmosphere of the early 1800s when people began to see the immense power of science to aid human understanding and enlighten the world.
Today’s Reform movement is built on the shoulders of our 19th-century Reform forbearers who took Jewish tradition in an entirely new direction, re-envisioning our sacred texts and practices in ...
Nearly all Reform Jewish summer camps, and at least one Conservative camp, will remain closed for the 2020 summer due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has learned.
"Proprietor Joseph Bloch (pronounced 'Block') was waiting for his brother-in-law to arrive from Cincinnati, the most famous rabbi in America: the Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise, founder of Reform Judaism.