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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

Subjects:

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

...index. ISBN 0-8173-0576-9 1. Jews-- South Carolina--Charleston-- History. 2. Reform Judaism--South Carolina--Charleston...17. Jews as Victims or Accusers in Court...20. The Members of the Reformed Society: Origins 137...
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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

...rary religious situation among Reform Jews. My problem began with the question...can be hoped for is that some Reform Jews will continue to add to the number...international movement, what American Reform Jews decide to do has ramifications...
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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

...The view that the Jews were a separate nation...nineteenth-century American Reform rabbis. The leaders...religion in the way that Jews from Germany and...children into the Reform movement made it...result, many American Jews became Zionists...contrast to their Reform colleagues, almost...
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Jews against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948

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

Subjects:

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

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...middle-and upper-middle- class lay Reform Jews of German descent. Neither the...receptivity toward Zionism among Reform Jews, a tendency also enhanced by the...1940 and 1942 alarmed American Reform Jews who opposed Jewish nationalism...
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If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem: American Jews and the State of Israel

Book by Robert Silverberg; William Morrow, 1970

Subjects:

Israel--Relations--United States, Jews--United States, United States--Relations--Israel, Zionism--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Rome and Jerusalem , pub lished in 1862, Hess observed, "No reform of the Jewish religion, however extreme, is radical enough...Jewish religion not less than the race; he objects less to the Jews peculiar beliefs than to their peculiar noses." It was self-destructive...

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Journal Articles on: reform jews

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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

Subjects:

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...Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israels Reform Kibbutzim. By William F. S. Miles...the late 1970s and early 1980s, Reform Zionists (once an oxymoron) along...
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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

Subjects:

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

...race-based social reform programs, urban unrest...marginalization of Jews. Jewish leaders wondered...several of their reform measures on the specific...minorities, they excluded Jews, whom they considered...considered civil rights reform "too slow." Allen...Notes on California Jews Political Attitudes...
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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

...halfway house" between Reform and Orthodoxy for...majority of affiliated Jews who were acculturated...the goals; decorum, reform of ritual and English...the ways in which Jews negotiated the creation...Boom generations reforms was simply that its...the first American Jews to reject what had...
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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

Subjects:

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

...century, Ochs and Sulzberger were Reform Jews, which meant they continued to...Mosaic ideals of morality."(26) For Reform Jews living in America before the turn...To Reform Jews the fight over Zionism was not...
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The Path to Reform Judaism: An Examination of Religious Leadership in Cincinnati, 1841-1855

Journal article by Karla Goldman; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002

Subjects:

Church renewal--History, Jewish history--History, Jewish law, Jews--History, Leadership--Religious aspects, Religious reform--History, Synagogues--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...identified by Jick, the reform of Cincinnatis synagogues...for what American Jews were already doing...our age No radical reformer!" (51) In April 1855...for what American Jews were already doing...reflect on Reform or Reformers." For the powerful...of what the citys Jews believed they could...

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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

Subjects:

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...gay Jews, feminist jews, Reform Jews and fans of...Deputies of British Jews was a "Jewish parliament...another proposal for reform, it is viewed with...asked, the Liberal, Reform and Masorti (Conservative...of Christians and Jews - will say they do...
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Conservative Jews Seek Middle on Gay Issues

Magazine article by Holly Lebowitz Rossi; The Christian Century, Vol. 123, May 30, 2006

Subjects:

Jews, Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...commitment ceremonies, Reform and Orthodox Jews know where their movements stand. Simply put, Reform Jews do both, Orthodox Jews...new technologies. The Reform movement believes that...determine the content of that Jews covenant with God. Caught...
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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

...American Hebrew Congregations and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The former represents Americas 1.5 million Reform Jews and their 900 synagogues; the latter, Americas 1.5 million Conservative Jews and their 760 synagogues. Both of these...
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My Holocaust Problem: If We Cannot Speak of It-Though Speak of It We Must-How Do We Remember What Happened to the Jews of Europe?

Magazine article by Arthur Krystal; American Scholar, Vol. 75, Winter 2006

Subjects:

Holocaust memorials, Holocaust survivors--Family, Holocaust survivors--Psychological aspects, Holocaust, 1933-1945, Jewish history, Jews--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...inordinate amount of time and print discussing who is and who is not authentically Jewish. Orthodox Jews look askance at reform Jews; secular Jews have no truck with the Hasidim. I myself used to think that Jews who could not converse in Yiddish werent...
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18 Reasons Jews Shouldn't Be Vegetarians (And Why They're Wrong)

Magazine article by Richard H. Schwartz; Tikkun, Vol. 18, May/Jun 2003

Subjects:

Jews, Judaism, Vegetarianism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...sexual relations out of wedlock, and hunting. 12 A movement by Jews toward vegetarianism would lead to less emphasis on kashrut...animal abuse in this country. According to FARM (Farm Animal Reform Movement), "The number of warm-blooded animals brutalized and...

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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...freedom: But Orthodox Jews may remain strong...Larry Witham Reform and Conservative...the Orthodox, and Reform recognizes Jews by a Jewish father...obstacle to religious reform. Shas is a workers...Eastern, ultra-Orthodox Jews. It has grown based...
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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...anathema to Conservative and Reform American Jews, and also to secular...Israelis and American Jews fear. Mr. Netanyahu...religious denominations - Reform and Conservative, each...outraged Conservative and Reform Jews, and no one has been...
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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...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...symbolic value. It is intended to remind Jews of the Israelites hasty flight from...
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NAACP Official's Comment on Jews Highlights Division

Newspaper article by Ralph Z. Hallow; The Washington Times, August 10, 2000

Subjects:

Lieberman, Joseph I.

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

...David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, who said he was "outraged, offended, and deeply disappointed...in great part from the continuing partnership of blacks and Jews. "It will take more than one bigot like Alcorn to shake the...
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U.S. Jews See Anti-Semitism as Biggest Threat, Study Finds: Few Call Religious Observance Important to Their Identity

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, June 2, 1999

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

...In another finding, the survey said nearly half of American Jews - who are firm backers of public education - would also support...fault. The poll found that 34 percent of the nations Jewry is Reform, 31 percent Conservative, 8 percent Orthodox and 24 percent...

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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the secularization of Jewish life, and the integration of the Jews into the societies in which they lived. Especially in Western...and even assimilation, of Jewish communities. The religious Reform movement advocated a form of Judaism shorn of its national elements...
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Passover

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...eight days in the Diaspora (although Reform Jews observe a seven-day period). Numerous...the first evening in Israel and by Reform Jews, and on the first and second evenings by all other observant Jews in the Diaspora, various special...
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Judaism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...condemned. The Reform Movement and Zionism...emancipation of European Jews in the early decades...from God, while the Reform do not see them as...content. While Orthodox Jews maintain the traditional practices, Reform Jews perform only those...
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Jewish Liturgical Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the song of the Middle Eastern Jews. The post-Renaissance cantors...adaptations of Christian music. In the reform movement of the 19th cent...have composed new works for the reformed and traditional services, respectively...Rothmuller, The Music of the Jews (tr. 1954, rev. ed. 1967...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...controls, but they retained Labours social reforms. Elizabeth II succeeded George VI in...unable to maintain peace between Arabs and Jews, Britain turned its mandate over to the...early 2006 securing passage of education reforms, and he and the Labour party also were...

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