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Books on: reform jews

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This Happy Land: The Jews of Colonial and Antebellum Charleston

Book by James William Hagy; University of Alabama Press, 1993

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Charleston (S.C.)--Ethnic Relations, Charleston (S.C.)--History--1775-1865, Charleston (S.C.)--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, Jews--South Carolina--Charleston--History, Reform Judaism--South Carolina--Charleston--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...stated that they apparently wound up their affairs at this meeting. "Thus ended the first great struggle for reform among the Jews of America." 54 However, the group never surrendered its charter, and the city directory for 1835-36 lists...
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American Reform Judaism: An Introduction

Book by Dana Evan Kaplan; Rutgers University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Jews--United States--Identity, Jews--United States--Social Life And Customs, Judaism--20th Century, Reform Judaism--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Considering New Approaches The new Reform synagogue must create an atmosphere...strong role in helping Reform Jews con- nect their faith to concrete action. Just as Orthodox Jews tie their reli- gious identity...observance of mitzvoth, Reform Jews directly associate the prophetic...consider new ways of being a Reform Jew. Many of these innovations...
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Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880-2000

Book by Yaakov Ariel; University of North Carolina Press, 2000

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Missions To Jews--United States--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...people. Some missionaries labeled Reform Judaism "deformed. 12 Evangelicals portrayed Reform Jews as fallen people who walked in the...repudiate Hertzs claims. The three Reform Jews who converted to Christianity...
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The Israel Connection and American Jews

Book by David Mittelberg; Praeger, 1999

Subjects:

Israel And The Diaspora, Jews, American--Travel--Israel--Statistics, Jews--United States--Attitudes Toward Israel--Statistics, Jews--United States--Identity--Statistics, Jews--United States--Travel--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...negative impact on Reform Jews of multiple Israel...contradictory findings. For Reform Jews, a single visit...first visit, Reform Jews are enhanced by the...however, confront Reform Jewry with the mundane...earlier Who is a Jew controversy of the...
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Jews against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948

Book by Thomas A. Kolsky; Temple University Press, 1990

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American Council For Judaism--History, Jews--United States--Politics And Government, Zionism, Zionism And Judaism

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Platform of 1885, the basic statement of Reform principles until 1935, defined Jews as a purely religious community and...constituted a nation. Nineteenth-century Reform Judaism, also known as classical Reform, welcomed enthusiastically the promise...

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Journal Articles on: reform jews

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Pio Nono and the Jews: from "reform" to "reaction," 1846-1878

Journal article by Frank J. Coppa; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 89, 2003

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Jews, Judaism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Pius IX (Pope) (1792-1878), Reforms

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Pio Nono and the Jews: from "reform" to "reaction," 1846...reconciliation. His reforms were designed to correct...his attitude toward the Jews. Although Pius favored a limited political reform over outright reaction...murder charge against the Jews. This perception was...Jewish ritual murder, The Jew: judaism and the judaization...
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Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel's Reform Kibbutzim

Journal article by Alan F. Benjamin; American Jewish History, Vol. 94, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel's Reform Kibbutzim (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israels Reform Kibbutzim. by Alan F. Benjamin...Desert: American Jews in Israels Reform Kibbutzim. By William F. S...the late 1970s and early 1980s, Reform Zionists (once an oxymoron) along...
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A New Key: Decorum and the Study of Jews and Judaism

Journal article by Riv-Ellen Prell; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002

Subjects:

American Jews--Behavior, Church renewal--History, Jewish culture, Jewish history, Jews, American--Behavior, Religious reform--History, Synagogues--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...their daily lives," Jews continued to build and...nineteenth century, ritual reforms reflected a growing...contested space over which Jews fought to assert what it meant to be a Jew, an American and an...that guided how these Jews shaped the changes that...American while remaining a Jew." (14) Decorum was...identification. In the 1860s, reforms that had previously...present age demands a reform of ritual as now practiced...
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The Other War: American Jews, Lyndon Johnson, and the Great Society

Journal article by Marc Dollinger; American Jewish History, Vol. 89, 2001

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American Jews, Civil rights movements--Social aspects, Jews, American, Johnson, Lyndon B.--Political activity, Poverty--Political aspects, Poverty--Social aspects, President of the United States, Social reform, United States history

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...and distinguishing American Jews from many traditionalist Protestant...In a book published by the Reform movement in 1968, Rabbi Henry...evil. The alternative for the Jew is to get out. GET OUT. This is no way for Jews to make a living." Citing...tradition to demonstrate that no Jew, whatever the circumstances...
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A Tragic "Fight in the Family": The New York Times, Reform Judaism and the Holocaust

Journal article by Laurel Leff; American Jewish History, Vol. 88, 2000

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American Jews--History, Antisemitism--Germany, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--History, Israel--History, Israeli history, Jews, American--History, Reform Judaism--Analysis, Sulzberger, Arthur Hays--Political activity, The New York Times (Newspaper)--Political aspects, Zionism--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...raised her as a Reform Jew and that her mother...asserted classical Reforms view of Judaism...definition for a Jew except religion...religious, even the Reform-led American Jewish...campaign to help Jews in war zones in...characterization of Jews as a race, posed...absorbed from classical Reform Judaism. "As far...concerned, if a Jew were to become a...

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Magazine Articles on: reform jews

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Who'd Want to Be Chief Rabbi? Jonathan Sacks Has Upset Gay Jews, Feminist Jews, Reform Jews and Fans of Hugo Gryn. as the Community Fractures, His Job Is Becoming Impossible

Magazine article by Gerald Jacobs; New Statesman, Vol. 126, June 27, 1997

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Chief Rabbinate--Management, Jewish way of life--Evaluation, Jews, British--Social aspects, Sacks, Jonathan--Social policy

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...Sacks has upset gay Jews, feminist jews, Reform Jews and fans of Hugo Gryn. As the community...The Sacred Chain: a history of the Jews, published here a couple of years...intolerable burden the identifying term "Jew" had imposed on those individuals...
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When All Jews Prayed, Quipped the Editor of a Reform Prayer Book of a Past Generation, One Siddur (Prayer Book) Sufficed for All; Now That Few Jews Pray, There's a Different Siddur for Every Taste

Magazine article by Joseph Bottum; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2010

Subjects:

Devotional literature--Forecasts and trends, Resurrection--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

When All Jews Prayed, Quipped the Editor of a Reform Prayer Book of a Past Generation...prayed, quipped the editor of a Reform prayer book of a past generation...prayer-book proliferation is that Reform Jews excise, and Conservative...
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Campaign Finance Reform

Magazine article by Micah L. Sifry; Tikkun, Vol. 14, March 1999

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Campaign contributions, Jews, Political finance, Reforms

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Campaign Finance Reform by Micah L. Sifry Jews have long understood...Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Jews in America...espouse. Thus, any reforms that make our political...the prospects for real reform. The good news is...efforts a real boost. Many Jews are already at the forefront...
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Consensus Grows That Israel as Surrogate Religion for American Jews a Failed Strategy

Magazine article by Allan C. Brownfeld; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 22, November 2003

Subjects:

International, Israel, Jews, Judaism, Literature, Nonfiction, Religion, United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Religion for American Jews a Failed Strategy by...Rabbis, which represents Reform Judaism, recently adopted "Ten Principles For Reform Judaism" which included...longer sure what being a Jew is all about." Reform leader Albert Vorspan said that American Jews suffered "shame and...
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Deal Breakers: Though Most American Jews Favor a Negotiated Settlement in the Mideast, Two Powerful Jewish Organizations Have Worked Successfully to Thwart One

Magazine article by Michael Massing; The American Prospect, Vol. 13, March 11, 2002

Subjects:

Associations, institutions, etc.--Political aspects, International relations--Social aspects, Jews, American--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Americas 1.5 million Reform Jews and their 900 synagogues...feelings of the "millions of Jews" who felt that Jerusalem...ago, he observes, the Reform representatives on the...attack, most American Jews have united behind the...

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Newspaper Articles on: reform jews

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Reform Rabbis Foresee More Religious Freedom: But Orthodox Jews May Remain Strong

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, May 19, 1999

Subjects:

Barak, Ehud

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Reform rabbis foresee more religious freedom: But Orthodox Jews may remain strong by Larry Witham Reform and Conservative rabbis said yesterday that...positive climate. That is important," said Reform Rabbi Paul Menitoff, executive vice president...
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Reform Rabbi Hails Deal in Israel: 'Who Is Jew' Bill Halted for Study

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, June 20, 1997

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Israel

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Reform rabbi hails deal in Israel: Who is Jew bill halted for study by Larry Witham...is a "first-round victory" for Reform and Conservative Judaism. A visit...not be adopted, and to demand that Reform and Conservative conversions be registered...
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Netanyahu Drive Sheds Secularists for Orthodox Jews: Many Fear Greater Polarization

Newspaper article by Martin Sieff; The Washington Times, July 2, 1997

Subjects:

Israel, Netanyahu, Benjamin

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...between Israel and American Jews by increasing Orthodox Jewish...anathema to Conservative and Reform American Jews, and also to secular Israelis...registered thousands of Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem into the Likud...religion. Not an observant Jew, one who usually did not attend...
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'Next Year in Jerusalem' as Holy Days Start; Mideast Turmoil Affects Passover Rites; Area Jews Share Prayers and Pain

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 28, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...turmoil affects Passover rites; area Jews share prayers and pain Byline: Guy...organization is the largest congregation of Reform Jews in the city. "This year there is...used to build the pyramids when the Jews were enslaved in Egypt. During the...
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A Prayer Book for Gay Jews

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 11, 2010

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Books, Prayer, Prayers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

A Prayer Book for Gay Jews. Byline: Julia Duin, THE...prayer book (siddur) for gay Jews, arrived at my office. The...raising younger generations of Jews, the preface says. And so...map on this issue. Whereas Reform and Reconstructionist Jews allow...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: reform jews

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Jews

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...political emancipation of the Jews began with the American and...Austria emancipation of the Jews was proclaimed after the Revolution...and the integration of the Jews into the societies in which...communities. The religious Reform movement advocated a form of...
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Judaism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...from Spain in 1492 led to the Jews of N Italy, S France, and...community of Marranos (those Jews forced by the Inquisition to...person of Baruch Spinoza, a Jew excommunicated for his unsparing...descendants repeatedly condemned. The Reform Movement and Zionism The emancipation of European Jews in the early decades of the...
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Passover

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...days in Israel, eight days in the Diaspora (although Reform Jews observe a seven-day period). Numerous theories have...which is conducted on the first evening in Israel and by Reform Jews, and on the first and second evenings by all other observant...
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Rosh Ha-Shanah

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Year is the blowing of the shofar (a rams horn), which summons Jews to penitential observance. Orthodox and Conservative Jews celebrate Rosh ha-Shanah for two days; most Reform congregations celebrate the first day. See L. Jacobs, A Guide...
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Synagogue

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cultural force. In the modern period, the reform movement restricted its scope to almost...purposes, although among the Orthodox Jews its purview did not diminish. In more...Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform) are organized in the Synagogue Council...

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