HISTORY 3ZZ3 Lecture Notes - Tikkun Olam, Israeli Jews, Jewish Principles Of Faith
12 Mar 2014
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The central conference of american rabbis, the rabbinical arm of the reform movement, issued a new statement of principles during its 1999 pittsburgh conference. Platform, the 1999 document was issued 114 years after the original pittsburgh platform (1885), a seminal document that defined the then nascent american reform movement. The new set of principles was hotly debated among leaders of the movement in the months before the conference. 1. traditionalists, who represent a new wave of rabbis and laypeople seeking greater adherence to jewish ritual and 2. Classicists, who reject attempts to inject more ritual into daily practice. Rabbi richard levy, a leader of the traditionalist wing, drafted a platform that advocated the observance of kashrut (jewish dietary laws) and mikveh (use of the jewish ritual bath). However, the final version of the platform was substantially altered from levy"s draft in an attempt to placate both traditionalists and classicists. The new pittsburgh platform encourages reform jews to study.
