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Felix Adler — the rabbi who did not become one.
He was raised to inherit Temple Emanu-El, came back from Germany unable to take it, and spent fifty-seven years leading a congregation that asked him for no theology at all.
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The shared center — held across the tradition
Deed before creed.
Adler's wager was that agreement about conduct does not require agreement about God, and that a congregation can be built on the first without ever settling the second.
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Every person has worth, and it is not conditional.
Not because they were made by anyone or are going anywhere afterwards. The claim is asserted as the starting point rather than derived, which is the movement's most criticised move.
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Cosmos & Afterlife
how reality is built, and what follows deathThe nature of reality
Not specified — the movement takes no position on the nature of things
After death
Left open and not dwelt on. Memorial services are built around the life that was lived rather than any continuation of it.