Reform Judaism Research Paper

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Reform Judaism is a controversial jewish denomination that was started in the 19th century in Germany by Abraham Geiger. In 1845 a rabbinic conference took place that discussed the question of language and jewish liturgy. Abraham Geiger believed the Jewish language to be unnecessary to Judaism while Zacharias Frankel the founder of Positive- Historical Judaism believed Hebrew to be essential to Judaism

Abraham Geiger was the spiritual leader of Reform Judaism and made great contributions to the writing of Jewish religious history. During the 1845 rabbinic conference Geiger expressed his belief that Judaism as a religion did not need Hebrew. In the text The Jews, A History, it states. “Judaism as an idea did not really require the trappings

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