Reform Judaism

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Jewish religious movement denomination of Judaism

Reform Judaism is a major modern Jewish movement that emphasizes individual autonomy, ethical principles, and adapting Jewish tradition to contemporary life.

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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
Reform Judaism canonical	132
Progressive Judaism	27
American Reform Judaism	10
Reform Jews	6
German Reform Judaism	3
Reform Jewish movement	3
progressive Judaism	3
Classical Reform Judaism	2
Jewish Reform movement	2
Liberal Judaism	2
North American Reform Judaism	2
European Reform Jewish communities	1
German Liberal Judaism	1
LiberalJewishMovements	1
Movement for Reform Judaism	1
Movement for Reform Judaism (UK)	1
North American Reform synagogues	1
Reform / Progressive Judaism	1
Reform Jewish	1
ReformJudaism	1
Reformed Judaism	1
defined the classical phase of American Reform Judaism	1
modern Reform Judaism	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish religious movement ⓘ denomination of Judaism ⓘ
developedFrom	Haskalah ⓘ Haskalah ⓘ surface form: Jewish Enlightenment
differsFrom	Conservative Judaism ⓘ Haredi Jews ⓘ surface form: Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism ⓘ surface form: Modern Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
emphasizes	adaptation of Jewish tradition to contemporary life ⓘ ethical principles ⓘ gender equality ⓘ inclusivity ⓘ individual autonomy in religious practice ⓘ progressive revelation ⓘ social justice ⓘ
hasBelief	critical study of the Bible ⓘ emphasis on prophetic ethics ⓘ ethical monotheism ⓘ historical-critical approach to Jewish texts ⓘ rejection of a personal messiah in favor of a messianic age (in classic platforms) ⓘ universal moral mission of the Jewish people ⓘ
hasDoctrine	A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism (1999) ⓘ Centenary Perspective ⓘ Columbus Platform ⓘ Pittsburgh Platform ⓘ San Francisco Platform (1976) ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Abraham Geiger Kolleg ⓘ Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Union College Jerusalem campus Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion ⓘ Leo Baeck College ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Abraham Geiger ⓘ Claude Montefiore ⓘ David Einhorn ⓘ Deborah E. Lipstadt ⓘ Eugene Borowitz ⓘ Isaac Mayer Wise ⓘ Judith Plaskow ⓘ Kaufmann Kohler ⓘ Leo Baeck ⓘ Leopold Zunz ⓘ Lily Montagu ⓘ Regina Jonas ⓘ Sally Priesand ⓘ Samuel Holdheim ⓘ Stephen S. Wise ⓘ
hasMajorPresenceIn	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ Israel ⓘ Latin America ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasOrganization	Central Conference of American Rabbis ⓘ EUPJ (European Union for Progressive Judaism) ⓘ Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion ⓘ Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism ⓘ Liberal Judaism (UK) ⓘ Reform Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Movement for Reform Judaism (UK) South African Union for Progressive Judaism ⓘ Union for Progressive Judaism (Australia) ⓘ Union for Reform Judaism ⓘ Union of Progressive Jews in Latin America ⓘ EUPJ (European Union for Progressive Judaism) ⓘ surface form: World Union for Progressive Judaism World Union for Progressive Judaism Beit Shmuel center ⓘ
hasPractice	bat mitzvah for girls ⓘ confirmation ceremonies ⓘ egalitarian liturgy ⓘ mixed-gender seating in synagogue ⓘ ordination of LGBTQ+ rabbis ⓘ ordination of women as rabbis ⓘ patrilineal descent (in some branches) ⓘ shortened liturgy ⓘ use of musical instruments in worship ⓘ use of vernacular languages in prayer ⓘ
hasRitualObject	Siddur ⓘ surface form: siddur Gates of Prayer Siddur ⓘ surface form: siddur Mishkan T'filah Siddur ⓘ surface form: siddur Union Prayer Book
hasViewOnAfterlife	varied and often deemphasized ⓘ
hasViewOnHalakha	Halakha is a source of guidance rather than binding law ⓘ
hasViewOnRevelation	Torah is divinely inspired but historically conditioned ⓘ
hasViewOnZionism	generally supportive of the State of Israel ⓘ
isPartOf	Reform Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Progressive Judaism
isRelatedTo	Liberal Judaism (UK) ⓘ surface form: Liberal Judaism Reconstructionist Judaism ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	English ⓘ German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ various vernacular languages ⓘ
originatedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
originatedInCountry	Germany ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
views	Jewish law as non-binding but guiding ⓘ

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Jews → hasReligiousDenomination → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Judaism

Judaism → hasDenomination → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Orthodox Judaism → contrastsWith → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Jewish diaspora → hasReligiousExpression → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Judaism

Reform Judaism → hasOrganization → Reform Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Movement for Reform Judaism (UK)

Reform Judaism → isPartOf → Reform Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Progressive Judaism

Ten Days of Repentance → observedBy → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reform Jews

Rabbinic Judaism → includesMovement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Lecha Dodi → denominationalUse → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora → hasReligiousMovement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Eugene Wigner → religion → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reformed Judaism

Neilah → observedBy → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reform Jews

Jewish Americans → religiousDenomination → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Haskalah → influenced → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Reform movement

Abraham Geiger → movement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Abraham Geiger → influenced → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Reform Judaism

David Einhorn → movement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

David Einhorn → influenced → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Reform Judaism

Eugene Borowitz → religiousMovement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Eugene Borowitz → denomination → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Sally Priesand → religion → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Sally Priesand → fieldOfWork → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Sally Priesand → movement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Union for Reform Judaism → religiousDenomination → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Union for Reform Judaism → religiousMovement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Union for Reform Judaism → parentReligiousMovement → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Progressive Judaism

Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion → religiousTradition → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion → religiousAffiliation → Reform Judaism ⓘ

Liberal Judaism (UK) → theologicalOrientation → Reform Judaism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Progressive Judaism

Liberal Judaism (UK) → theologicalOrientation → Reform Judaism ⓘ

EUPJ (European Union for Progressive Judaism) → religiousAffiliation → Reform Judaism ⓘ