Posted on 03/16/2015 9:13:40 AM PDT by massmike
NEW YORK (AP) — As a rabbinic student in 1980s New York, Denise Eger lived away from other seminarians. She quietly started a group for fellow gay and lesbian students, but held the meetings in another borough. By the time of her ordination, she wasn’t formally out, but her sexuality was known, and no one would hire her. Later, she took the only job offered, with a synagogue formed expressly as a religious refuge for gays.
Since then, the Reform Jewish movement — Eger’s spiritual home since childhood — has traveled a long road toward recognizing and embracing same-sex relationships. That journey has led this week to Philadelphia, where Eger will be installed Monday as the first openly gay president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the rabbinical arm of Reform Judaism.
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Since the “Reform” movement is totally heretical (it denies the Torah is from Heaven), what they are about to do is of no consequence. They are another religion altogether.
1)It's not the "old testament." It's the Hebrew Bible (or TaNa"KH).
2)No, they don't accept the truth of the Bible. They have accepted liberal Protestant "historical criticism" almost from their beginning.
3)The prohibition on homosexuality doesn't come from Genesis 19 but from Leviticus 18. Homosexual rape was only one part of the wickedness of Sodom.
This is the direction the entire Reform movement is headed. (The Conservative movement is not far behind.) Most of the dwindling members are gay, feminist, intermarried, or old.
Can you tell that I’m Orthodox?
Your info very much appreciated.
Are Episcopalians considered rich?
that was supposedly the assumption back in the day
(the idea was, i think, that episcopals are the ‘establishment church’ in America (National Cathedral, etc.) and almost everyone pays some ‘political homage’ to it sort of like its a hold-over from the Church of England, even though of course we have the first amendment disestablishment clause)
anyway, we know its not so accurate
thanks
best,
fhc
Figured that much, I was just making sure that I had the big groups covered. Info much appreciated.
As the old saying goes, if someone demands a change to join, don’t take them at face value. That’s because a person who really wishes to join a religion should offer their heart, not the other way around.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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The Deformed are less Jewish than Obama.
I keep reading Orthodox Judaism is growing greatly, so I assume you’re correct. I keep reading they’re still Jews, even if they’re acting against the Torah.
Ultra-Orthodox & something to the left of Reform.
I love Chabad!
You’re kidding about Reforms & Torah, right? Unbelievable. But I keep reading all Jews are connected, even the unG-dly ones, which I assume, means the homosexual ones. Tres etrange (don’t know how to type accent marks).
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