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Great for those New to Reform Judaism,
By Bobbi Jo Miller (GA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Liberal Judaism at Home: The Practice of Modern Reform Judaism (Paperback)
My Rabbi required this book for his conversion students, and I found it to be the most informative, concise book about our fundamental beliefs concerning birth, death, marriage, holidays, and other major events. This book gives a broad view of the fundamental tenents of Reform without being oversimplified. It delves into the ethical considerations of major life occurences, and often contrasts Reform practice with Orthodox, explaining the difference between the two. I highly recommend it to anyone converting to Reform Judaism, or anyone searching for the 'how' and 'why' of the faith.
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This was an interesting book. For anyone who wants to get an understanding between the Reform and orthodox movements, it is recommended. It wasn't anything spectacular, but it gives a very good outline of the beliefs of Reform Judaism as opposed to Orthodox Judaism without being judgmental in any way.
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Misinformation Galore,
This review is from: Liberal Judaism at Home: The Practice of Modern Reform Judaism (Paperback)
Surprisingly, this book is literally riddled with errors in its portrayal of Orthodox Judaism. Its claims about Orthodox practice are so inaccurate as to be comical at times. Indeed, had even a single Orthodox Jew reviewed the manuscript before its publication, he or she would have spotted egregious errors on almost every page of the work.For example, the author claims that Orthodox Jews do not drink champagne on Passover, that they do not wear garments that have sheep and goat wool mixed in them, that they leave every garment they fashion incomplete so as to remember the destruction of the Temple, that they use grafted citrons on the Festival of Sukkot for the mitzvah of Lulav and Etrog, that they do no not wear anything made of leather on their bodies on Yom Kippur, that they arrange the completion of a Talmudic Tractate (siyum) on the Fast of Esther in order to exempt themselves from the fast, all of which are simply and utterly false. I would not recommend relying on this book for any of the information it provides regarding Orthodox Judaism, and, by extension, I would ignore any contrasts drawn in the book between Orthodox and Reform practice, since they are frequently based on the inaccurate data with which the author was unfortunately working.
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Liberal Jews, Liberal Judaism, Orthodox Jews, Reform Jews, Yom Kippur, Bar Mitzvah, Rosh Hashanah, Reform Judaism, Reform Jewish, Simchat Torah, Oneg Shabbat, Shemini Atzeret, Bat Mitzvah, Conservative Jews, Day of Atonement, Hoshana Rabah, Shulchan Aruch, Song of Songs, Tishah B'Av, Lag Ba-Omer, Middle Ages, Rosh Chodesh, Ashkenazic Jews, Oriental Jews, Rabbi's Manual New!
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The purpose of this book is to help Liberal Jews determine what is customary Reform practice, especially as it affects them personally. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Liberal Jews, Liberal Judaism, Orthodox Jews, Reform Jews, Yom Kippur, Bar Mitzvah, Rosh Hashanah, Reform Judaism, Reform Jewish, Simchat Torah, Oneg Shabbat, Shemini Atzeret, Bat Mitzvah, Conservative Jews, Day of Atonement, Hoshana Rabah, Shulchan Aruch, Song of Songs, Tishah B'Av, Lag Ba-Omer, Middle Ages, Rosh Chodesh, Ashkenazic Jews, Oriental Jews, Rabbi's Manual New!
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- Jews, God, and History: 2nd Edition by Max I. Dimont in Back Matter
- My People: The Story of the Jews by Abba Eban in Back Matter
- The Jews of India: Their Story by Rachael Rukmini Israel on page 70
- Essence of Judaism by Leo Baeck in Back Matter
- The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion by R. J. Zwi Werblowsky in Back Matter
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- Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & Rituals by George Robinson in Back Matter
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