Judaism: The Reform Movement

Reference

• History & Overview
• Tenets of Reform Judaism
• Reform Judaism Today
• Patrilineal Descent
• Conversion to Judaism
  • Supreme Court Ruling on Reform & Conservative Conversions
• The First Bat Mitzvah in the United States

Guiding Principles

• Modern Statement of Principles (1999)
• Columbus Platform (1937)
• Pittsburgh Platform (1885)

History & Modernity

• The Origins of Reform Judaism
• Neology
• 19th Century Advocates & Critics
• Americanization of Reform Judaism
  • America's Oldest Reform Synagogue

People & Organizations

• Union of Reform Judaism
• Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
• Abraham Geiger
• Samuel Hirsch
• Barbara Jean Ostfeld
• Isaac Mayer Wise
• Stephen Samuel Wise