Class 15. 3/15 Reform and Orthodox movements

Dana Evan Kaplan*, “Contemporary Forms of Judaism Download Contemporary Forms of Judaism

,” in Cambridge Guide, 445–451, 44–458.

Herbert Bronstein, “Mitzvah and Autonomy: The Oxymoron of Reform Judaism Download Mitzvah and Autonomy: The Oxymoron of Reform Judaism

,” Tikkun 14.4 (July/August 1999), 41–44. “Jewish Moral Autonomy: Responses to Herbert Bronstein,” Tikkun 14.4 (July/August 1999), 46–47, 56

AJS Perspectives Download AJS Perspectives

(Spring 2008): Jeffrey Blutinger, “Becoming Orthodox: The Story of a Denominational Label,” 8–11; Jay Berkovitz, “Historicizing Orthodoxy,” 12–14; Samuel Heilman, “Thoughts on the Study of the Orthodox Community: After Thirty-Five Years,” 16–18.

What questions motivate the Reform movement? What are the characteristics of Orthodox Judaism?

*After lecturing you all about using the proper pronouns for authors, I now feel compelled to let you know that Dana Kaplan is a man.

In-class material: The Pittsburgh Platform (1885) Download The Pittsburgh Platform (1885)