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Reform Rabbis Debate Women’s Ordination

Today in Jewish History: June 30, 1922

Jewish Communal Organizations: The Early Years

Building a responsible, structured community.

Claude Montefiore

A founder of Liberal Judaism in England.

Samuel Holdheim

Reform leader saw halakhah no longer as binding according to Judaism itself.

Rabbi Abraham Geiger

Reform rabbi fought for movement's recognition as part of Jewish tradition.

The Chabad Rebbe’s Yahrtzeit: The Third of Tammuz

Remembering the death of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Humanistic Judaism

The origins of a small Jewish movement that embraces a cultural identity while rejecting a belief in God.

The Pittsburgh Platform, 1885

Principles of Reform Judaism: A primary historical document.

A Rabbi’s Journey to Humanistic Judaism

Seeking to resolve questions and doubts, the author is led to the Secular Humanist Jewish rabbinate.

Reconstructionist Judaism & Halacha

Reconstructionists see Jewish law as no longer viable, but still a resource to be taken seriously.

A Short History of Orthodox Judaism in America

A history from colonial times to World War II.

Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900)

The architect of American Reform Judaism

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