"I have always embraced the idea of #klalYisrael — that we are all part of a larger #Jewish family and that we should affirm our connections, even as we embrace our differences. And perhaps it’s because I believe in living a positive #Judaism based on what you do, not a negative Judaism based on what you don’t do.

I will admit that over the years, I have heard far too many #ReformJews say: “I don’t have to do that; I’m #Reform.” Or: “I don’t have to know that; I’m Reform.”

That caused me to create a parlor game for Reform Jews: Tell me why you are a Reform #Jew — without using a single negative word.

Don’t tell me what #ReformJudaism isn’t, what it says you don’t have to do or what you don’t have to believe. A negative Judaism is a thin gruel. It produces negative #Jews. We need a positive Judaism that creates positive Jews."

https://religionnews.com/2025/12/24/reform-jewish-life/

Reform Jewish Leaders Stand with #Jewish Students in Opposition to Campus Antisemitism

Recent years have seen an increase in reports of Jewish college students facing antisemitic comments, vandalism, and efforts at exclusion from university-recognized social or academic groups.

https://urj.org/press-room/reform-jewish-leaders-stand-jewish-students-opposition-campus-antisemitism

@mazeldon
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#Kabbalah is esoteric, about cosmic worlds, almost like theoretical physics. Hasidism, however, transmogrifies Kabbalah’s teachings into the realm of the #psychological, onto the human level. The result is profound and meaningful. Today #chassidus is studied also by some #ReformJews, #ConservativeJews, and #ModernOrthodoxJews.

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2022/06/15/hasidic-thought-transforms-kabbalah-into-a-psychological-dimension/

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