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Reform Jew
noun
- a Jew who adheres to a system of religious worship adapted from Orthodox Judaism to meet the demands of contemporary life, frequently simplifying or rejecting traditional religious law and custom.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Reform Jew1
First recorded in 1865–70
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The former disability rights attorney, Reform Jew and lifelong progressive said she does not support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Ruth Bohm Belmont was a Reform Jew who would go to synagogue on high holidays, but the family wasn’t very observant.
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Horowitz, a Reform Jew, said she had read about the Abayudaya just as she and a friend from Boston were planning a safari to Uganda.
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A chronically underslept Reform Jew, I usually dozed through the sermon.
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"This is very much of a piece of what it means to be a Reform Jew."
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