Welcome to the Home Work page for JHist '11. Every Monday and Tuesday (or sometimes Wednesday) I'll post some artifact and look for your great questions.
Religion has to be appelaing for everyone. If you don't follow the torah the way the rligious jews do it's okay. G-d will love you as long as you worship him.
According to the three documents, the Reform Movement is an opportunity to change the way we approach our Judaism. Our religion should appeal to the people of modern times by not twisting the stories of the scripture and by adding unneccessary additions to Judaism, including being more scientifically oriented. Also, this movement was created to adapt to other cultures. For example, a main practice of Christians is singing the Gospels, so Jews of the Reform Movement created more of a "Choir" enviorment. Everyone is considered the same, meaning that anyone could be a Rabbi or a leading figure. Aaron Z, Ben K, & Zeke M
a. Trying to keep Judaism relevant to Jews and non Jews alike by… (1) Secularizing (2) Christianizing (see inside of reform temple) (3) Conforming to audiences’ preferences (dropping some of religion)
Though the Movement of Reform took on different meanings for different people, as a whole, it was spurred by the Enlightenment of Western Civilization at the time. As a whole, it was a movement away from Traditional Judaism, and many believed it was the form Judaism would take in the future. In general, it attempted to apply elements of the Enlightenment, such as reason and critical thought, to religion. One significant aspect of the Movement of Reform was the Wissenschaft des Judentums, which sought to understand Judaism from a historical and literary perspective. The people who believed in this scientific study of the Torah tended not to believe in its divinity or unity. Abraham Geiger, for example, explicitly writes that “the Talmud, and the Bible too, that collection of books, most of them, so splendid and uplifting, perhaps the most exalting of all literature of human authorship, can no longer be viewed as of Divine origin.” Similarly, Geiger rejects the miracles and moments of divine intervention which are found in the Bible, instead claiming they were made up by humans. These Reformers didn’t just write about these emerging beliefs but they acted on them as well by rejecting much of Rabbinic Judaism and Halacha. For example, the first Reform Temple built in Hamburg in 1818 had an organ that played on the Sabbath in direct violation of Halacha. Nathan, Ariel, and Tani
Religion has to be appelaing for everyone. If you don't follow the torah the way the rligious jews do it's okay. G-d will love you as long as you worship him.
ReplyDeleteWorship meaning believing in G-d.
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ReplyDeleteAccording to Aaron Chorin, Reform Judaism is about chipping off the uneccisary bits that have been added to Judaism since the times of the Rabbis.
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According to the three documents, the Reform Movement is an opportunity to change the way we approach our Judaism. Our religion should appeal to the people of modern times by not twisting the stories of the scripture and by adding unneccessary additions to Judaism, including being more scientifically oriented. Also, this movement was created to adapt to other cultures. For example, a main practice of Christians is singing the Gospels, so Jews of the Reform Movement created more of a "Choir" enviorment. Everyone is considered the same, meaning that anyone could be a Rabbi or a leading figure.
ReplyDeleteAaron Z, Ben K, & Zeke M
The posts on this page and the page with the Hassidim were with ari byer also
ReplyDeletea. Trying to keep Judaism relevant to Jews and non Jews alike by…
ReplyDelete(1) Secularizing
(2) Christianizing (see inside of reform temple)
(3) Conforming to audiences’ preferences (dropping some of religion)
Joey, Ami, Jonny
Though the Movement of Reform took on different meanings for different people, as a whole, it was spurred by the Enlightenment of Western Civilization at the time. As a whole, it was a movement away from Traditional Judaism, and many believed it was the form Judaism would take in the future. In general, it attempted to apply elements of the Enlightenment, such as reason and critical thought, to religion. One significant aspect of the Movement of Reform was the Wissenschaft des Judentums, which sought to understand Judaism from a historical and literary perspective. The people who believed in this scientific study of the Torah tended not to believe in its divinity or unity. Abraham Geiger, for example, explicitly writes that “the Talmud, and the Bible too, that collection of books, most of them, so splendid and uplifting, perhaps the most exalting of all literature of human authorship, can no longer be viewed as of Divine origin.” Similarly, Geiger rejects the miracles and moments of divine intervention which are found in the Bible, instead claiming they were made up by humans. These Reformers didn’t just write about these emerging beliefs but they acted on them as well by rejecting much of Rabbinic Judaism and Halacha. For example, the first Reform Temple built in Hamburg in 1818 had an organ that played on the Sabbath in direct violation of Halacha.
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