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Reform Judaism is one of the two forms of Progressive Judaism found in the United Kingdom, the other being Liberal Judaism. British Reform Judaism dates from the 1840s, much earlier than Liberal Judaism, which started in the UK in 1902. British Reform Judaism is more traditionalist than British Liberal Judaism (which more closely resembles Reform Judaism in North America) in its approach to religious practice and superficially resembles the Conservative Judaism of the United States, though it does not claim to be a halachic movement. ==British Reform Judaism today== (詳細はMovement for Reform Judaism, known until 2005 as Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, had 42 congregations in England, Wales and Scotland in 2015〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Our communities )〕 and 16,570 member households. All of the synagogues are autonomous, which means that they are owned and financed by their members, who also hire their own local rabbi. All rabbis for these congregations are members of the Assembly of Rabbis, which publishes Reform siddurim and maintains a Reform Beth Din, which is located at the Sternberg Centre in London. The Reform Beth Din's decisions are recognised worldwide by Reform and Liberal movements as valid. Reform Jews in the UK have a wide variety of traditions and practices, although most synagogues share some basic similarities, including these: *The modern Hebrew pronunciation is generally used for the prayers and that is the pronunciation used in the Siddur *Men and women sit together in the synagogue, and a minyan can include both sexes * Girls can become bat mitzvah at 13 in the same way as boys become bar mitzvah and women can be not only ordained as rabbis but are encouraged to be congregational leaders in their own right *It generally takes a shorter time to convert to Reform Judaism than to Orthodox Judaism, although the willingness of Reform rabbis to accept converts varies *The Reform Movement tends to be more socially liberal than many Orthodox congregations, with a more relaxed attitude being taken towards homosexuality, as well as strongly encouraging interfaith dialogue *A supportive stance is generally taken towards Israel and Zionism, although not all Reform Jews agree with all of Israel's policies or actions *Shabbat is kept but some specific restrictions are not. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reform Judaism (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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