Liberal Judaism

American  

noun

1. Reform Judaism.

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Etymology

Origin of Liberal Judaism

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

But Horwitz argues there is something about liberal Judaism that socializes girls to succeed academically and professionally.

From Washington Post

Rabbi Charley Baginsky, of Liberal Judaism - a group that promotes a progressive form of the religion, said Mr Krausz did not represent most Jews.

From BBC

Rabbi Charley Baginsky, from the Liberal Judaism movement, said: "The report is important for helping us understand where the anxiety comes from within the community at large and for understanding why anti-semitism seems to be the prevailing discourse within the community. "We must be really careful that it does not come to define us and that we celebrate the positive interactions with society at large.

From BBC

The synagogue – part of the Liberal Judaism movement – is a member of Citizens UK, which campaigns on behalf of refugees and other social justice issues.

From The Guardian

Danny Rich, the senior rabbi of Liberal Judaism and co-chair of the National Refugee Welcome Board, said: “Liberal Judaism has been a leading partner in the campaign to bring Syrian refugees to Britain. We have done so not only because our own history reminds us of the fate of families whom the world abandons, but because the single most repeated ethical injunction in the Hebrew Bible is: ‘You shall love the stranger because you know the experience of being a stranger in the land of Egypt’.”

From The Guardian