IS THERE AN AUTHENTIC JUDAISM? 

By David Perlstein | December 16, 2022

Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef recently stated that Reform and Conservative Jews practice a different religion. I get his point—but think he’s wrong in two important ways.  The Reform movement started in early-19th century Germany as a response to the Enlightenment. Traditional observance was seen as outdated and preventing Jews  from engaging unhindered with the rest…

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