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Major changes for Rodef Shalom occurred in 1885. The congregation hosted a national convention rabbis, organized by Reform leadership. The resulting "Pittsburgh Platform" declared that Judaism was a religion, not a nation, and that the Bible was an ethical guide, not the infallible word of God. It stated that American Jews do not have to keep ...
Hühner, Leon. " Jews in the legal and medical professions in America prior to 1800." Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, no. 22, 1914, pp. 147–65. ...
Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked the kings of Israel; Elkanah and Hannah, parents of the judge and prophet Samuel; Esther and Mordechai, Persian queen, and her cousin, saviors of the Jews on Purim; Gedaliah, last governor of Judea appointed by Babylonians, (assassinated) Gershom and Eliezer, Moses and Zipporah's sons
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Joshua ben Hananiah's exegetical controversies with two of his most prominent contemporaries occupy an important place in the aggadic tradition. These two are his colleague Eliezer ben Hurcanus , who is frequently also mentioned in the Halakha as holding an opposite opinion, and Eleazar of Modi'im , who belonged to the school of Yavne and was ...
1922–1973 temple of Temple Beth El in Detroit. In the early 20th Century Jews of many nationalities had settled Detroit. The German Jews, who predominately lived north of Downtown Detroit, usually worshiped at Reform Temple Beth El. Russian and Eastern European Jews tended to worship at lower east side Jewish district Orthodox synagogues. [16]
American Jews (Hebrew: יהודים אמריקאים, romanized: Yehudim Amerikaim) or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion. [4] According to a 2020 poll conducted by Pew Research , approximately two thirds of American Jews identify as Ashkenazi , 3% identify as Sephardic , and 1% ...