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Thinking about American Reform Judaism.
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MY BOOK FOCUSES ON DESCRIBING THE CHANGES OF contemporary American Reform Judaism since Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie declared "a new Reform revolution" at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations general assembly in Orlando, Florida in December 1999. He argued that the Reform movement needed to make synagogue worship the foremost concern. Services in too many congregations had become "tedious, predictable, and dull." More often than not, the Torah reading was "lifeless," and the music wa...
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Reform Judaism at crossroads
The Boston Globe
; In 1885, a group of rabbis gathered in Pittsburgh to define a new brand of Judaism bent on embracing modernity and joining the American mainstream by rejecting most religious practices as "entirely foreign to our mental and spiritual state." Today, Reform Judaism, the largest and most liberal
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Judaism and the future of religion in America: a symposium in response to Dana Evan Kaplan's American Reform Judaism.(Editorial)
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; DANA EVAN KAPLAN'S BOOK PRESENTS A CONTROVERSIAL portrait of the contemporary American Reform movement. As editor of JUDAISM, I asked leaders of the various American Jewish religious streams to comment on his book, as a means of focusing a general discussion about the condition of Reform Judaism
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Judaism and the Future of Religion in America: A Symposium in Response to Dana Evan Kaplan's American Reform Judaism
Judaism
; DANA EVAN KAPLAN'S BOOK PRESENTS A CONTROVERSIAL portrait of the contemporary American Reform movement. As editor of JUDAISM, I asked leaders of the various American Jewish religious streams to comment on his book, as a means of focusing a general discussion about the condition of Reform Judaism
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American Reform Judaism and the Southern Baptist Convention: responses to social trends.(Central Conference of American Rabbis)
Shofar
; This article addresses current trends in Reform Judaism by examining the role played by the new platform adopted in 1999 by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The approval of a new statement of faith by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), known as the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message,
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Thinking About American Reform Judaism
Judaism
; MY BOOK FOCUSES ON DESCRIBING THE CHANGES OF contemporary American Reform Judaism since Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie declared "a new Reform revolution" at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations general assembly in Orlando, Florida in December 1999. He argued that the Reform movement needed to make
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An insider view: a defense of theological imprecision.(American reform judaism by Dana Kaplan)(Book Review)
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; AMERICAN REFORM JUDAISM: AN INTRODUCTION BY DANA Evan Kaplan constitutes a noteworthy academic achievement. The book is remarkable in both its breadth and depth, and will surely become the definitive work on this largest American Jewish religious movement. Kaplan himself is superbly qualified to
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The identified patient: placing the Reform movement in a broader family context.
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; IF AMERICAN JUDAISM COULD BE TREATED IN A FAMILY therapy setting, Reform Judaism might well play the part of the identified patient, the member of the family whose symptoms carry the distress and the issues that reside within the larger system and affect as well as implicate everyone. While Reform
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Cheeseburger Rebellion Buffets Reform Movement: Advocates of Mikvah
Forward
; Forward 11-27-1998 Cheeseburger Rebellion Buffets Reform Movement: Advocates of Mikvah and Dietary Laws Retreat After Uproar Over Draft Platform NEW YORK -- Years from now, historians of Reform Judaism may call it the Cheeseburger Rebellion. The rebels have apparently won out. After an initial
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The Identified Patient: Placing the Reform Movement in a Broader Family Context
Judaism
; IF AMERICAN JUDAISM COULD BE TREATED IN A FAMILY therapy setting, Reform Judaism might well play the part of the "identified patient," the member of the family whose symptoms carry the distress and the issues that reside within the larger system and affect as well as implicate everyone. While
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REFORM JUDAISM RETURNING TO MANY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
The Boston Globe
; Nearly two centuries ago, the movement now known as Reform Judaism began to emerge in Germany, and from the beginning the emerging denomination was characterized by the abandonment of rituals and traditions associated with orthodox Judaism. But as early as 1937, Reform Judaism began stepping up the
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