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In 1885, Reform Judaism in America was confronted by challenges from both flanks. To the left, Felix Adler and his Ethical Movement rejected the need for the Jews to exist as a differentiated group. On the right, the recently arrived Rabbi Alexander Kohut, an adherent of Zecharias Frankel, lambasted it for having abandoned traditional Judaism.
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 2003, founded in 1873 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the congregational arm of Reform Judaism in North America. [1]
This is a list of Reform synagogues around the world. [1] Reform/Progressive synagogues are affiliated with organizations that are part of the World Union for Progressive Judaism . [ 2 ] In the United States and Canada, Reform synagogues are affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism .
From time to time the CCAR publishes platforms that are intended to layout the contemporary framework for North American Reform Judaism.. The publication of platforms began in 1885 with the Declaration of Principles, later known as the Pittsburgh Platform, which established Reform Judaism in North America, and built upon the founding ideas of Reform Judaism in Germany.
Germantown Jewish Centre, Philadelphia; Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, ... Newport, the oldest surviving synagogue in North America [9] South Carolina
The denomination shares the basic tenets of Reform Judaism (alternatively known also as Progressive or Liberal) worldwide: a theistic, personal God; an ongoing revelation, under the influence of which all scripture was written – but not dictated by providence – that enables contemporary Jews to reach new religious insights without necessarily being committed to the conventions of the past ...
Maurice Nathan Eisendrath (July 10, 1902 – November 9, 1973) was a leader of American Reform Judaism, the head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations from 1943 until his death, an author, and an activist, particularly active in the U.S. Anti-war Movement of the 1960s. The Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award, one of the highest ...
Roots of Reform Judaism is an advocacy group within the constituency of the American Union for Reform Judaism. The group's primary focus is a return to the values and worship style of the " Classical Reform " era.