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Reform Judaism
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denomination of Judaism
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- Instance of
- Jewish religious movements
- Subclass of
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Congregation Emanu-El of the City New York.jpg
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- native label
- יהדות רפורמית
- inception
- 1900-00-00
- motto
- Tikkun olam
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The interior of the Temple Emanu-El of New York, the largest Reform synagogue in the world.
Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous revelation which is closely intertwined with human reason and not limited to the theophany at Mount Sinai. A liberal strand of Judaism, it is characterized by little stress on ritual and personal observance, regarding Jewish law as non-binding and the individual Jew as autonomous, and by a great openness to external influences and progressive values.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reform Judaism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.