Lifeofthemind
2009-08-21 21:08:27
Promethea,
Reform Judaism has been a floppy branch of the Democratic party</i/ for 50 years
Besides Reform is really an expression of German Jewish culture. That worked out well. At least the Sulzbergers of the NYT left Temple Emanu-El and switched to Episcopalian.
Of more concern to me is the decline of what was the robust genuinely American theological movement of Conservative Judaism. This was in fact the bulk of American Judaism during the 20th century but it is under pressure, with some splitting off to become closer to Reform and new immigrants identifying with a reinvigorated Orthodox movement. They are not helped by a leadership that wants to change the relgion's name to something that sounds less "conservative."
