... have been said to be the responses of two different immigrant Jewish communities to America. Discuss in detail how this is so for German and Eastern European Jews. Why did Reform not suffice for both groups? Compare and contrast the two movements relevant to this; refer to Liebman's essay. ... form the most important part of Judaism. As I see it, those who founded Reform Judaism did it as a backlash to the "extremism" of Orthodox Judaism. They were looking for something that required a little less commitment. Conservative Judaism was developed during the mid-1800's. These Jews consider t...

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... 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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