Revelation continues — and ethics is its core.
Born in 19th-century Germany: Judaism as an evolving religious civilization, with the moral law at its center and informed autonomy governing personal practice.
DeitiesOne God
Founded1818 CE · Germany
AfterlifeEmphasis on this world; the hereafter held lightly
TextsTorah · Tanakh
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c. 1000 BCE Judaism 1818 CE Reform Judaism
Revelation is ongoing.
Each generation reads anew — and the ethical core is the point of the reading.
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Observance is chosen, informedly.
Autonomy governs practice: study first, then decide, then own it.
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The vernacular service.
Prayer in the language of the land beside the Hebrew — the reform that named the movement.
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