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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

97.0. "Reconstructionist Movement" by DARTH::SCHORR () Mon Mar 31 1986 13:18

    Can anyone enlighten me as to the Reconstructionist Movement.  How
    would one place them on a scale of orthodoxy.  Beliefs and Practices?
    
    Thanks,
    
    WS

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97.1 My thoughts PFLOYD::CHERSON Tue Apr 01 1986 08:29 9

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97.1	My thoughts	PFLOYD::CHERSON		`Tue Apr 01 1986 08:29`	9
	The Reconstuctionist movement (to my knowledge) would find itself in the spectrum, somewhere between Reform, Conservative, and Traditional Judaism. I know that sounds silly on the surface, but the movement was given birth by the late Rav Eliezer Kaplan (Z"L). He wanted something that would be a compromise between the Reform and Conservative, and Orthodox movements. I also think that the Reconstructionists were the first to pioneer women's participation in services, etc.

    The Reconstuctionist movement (to my knowledge) would find itself
    in the spectrum, somewhere between Reform, Conservative, and
    Traditional Judaism.  I know that sounds silly on the surface, but
    the movement was given birth by the late Rav Eliezer Kaplan (Z"L).
    He wanted something that would be a compromise between the Reform
    and Conservative, and Orthodox movements.
    
    I also think that the Reconstructionists were the first to pioneer
    women's participation in services, etc.