... period of the Enlightenment was a positive time for the Jews because it stressed equality of all, so their persecution was lifted. There are three forms of Judaism, Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox. These forms are a result of the adaptation of the Jewish immigrant groups to American life. Reform Judaism, the first to be defined, puts more emphasis on the Jewish people hood ... and traditional religious culture. Its basis remains liberal and nonauthoritarian. The second form is Conservative Judaism. This embodies the sense of community and folk piety of modernizing eastern European Je...

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